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You can make 24 words from niche according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of niche

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Definitions and meaning of niche

niche

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“to make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nide via Latin and nest via Proto-Indo-European; also related to nyas.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Canada, Ireland, UK) IPA^(key): /niːʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːʃ
• (US) IPA^(key): /niʃ/, /nɪʃ/, /nɪt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

niche (plural niches)

1. (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.

   Synonym: nook
2. Any similar position, literal or figurative.
3. Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
4. (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
5. (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.

   Synonyms: specialty, specialization
6. (Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.

Derived terms

• fundamental niche
• niche market, niche marketing

Translations

Verb

niche (third-person singular simple present niches, present participle niching, simple past and past participle niched)

1. (transitive) To place in a niche.

   a niched vase

2. (transitive, marketing) To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.

Adjective

niche (comparative more niche or nicher, superlative most niche or nichest)

1. Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal; obscure.

Translations

See also

• niché

Anagrams

• Chien, chine, chiné

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niʃ/
• Hyphenation: ni‧che

Noun

niche f (plural niches, diminutive nicheje n)

1. (especially in ecology and business) a niche

See also

• nis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niʃ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, deverbal of nichier (“make a nest”), from an unattested verb *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”).

Noun

niche f (plural niches)

1. niche
2. kennel (house or shelter for a dog)

Descendants

• → Danish: niche
• → Dutch: niche
• → English: niche
• → Macedonian: ни́ша (níša)
• → Russian: ни́ша (níša)

See also

• chenil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

niche

1. inflection of nicher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “niche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chien, chine, Chine, chiné

Norman

Etymology

From Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).

Noun

niche f (plural niches)

1. (Jersey) kennel

Synonyms

• câniche

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnit͡ʃe/ [ˈni.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: ni‧che

Noun

niche m (plural niches)

1. (Venezuela, slang, offensive) low-class

Further reading

• “niche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014