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"etymology_text": "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.",
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"name": "Architectural elements",
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"ref": "1641, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, John Evelyn's Diary, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, published 1850, page 34",
"text": "On the margin of this long tract, are abundance of shrines and images, defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed.",
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"A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament."
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"hollow",
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[
"recess",
"recess"
],
[
"thickness",
"thickness"
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[
"wall",
"wall"
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[
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],
[
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"ornament"
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"(architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament."
],
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"word": "nook"
}
],
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"architecture"
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ormnaxorš",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "որմնախորշ"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "niša",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ниша"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nínxol"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výklenek"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nis"
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"code": "egy",
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"roman": "bbt",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "egy",
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "niche"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
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"word": "Mauerrücksprung"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "ceruk"
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "cekung"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cuasán"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "almóir"
},
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"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nicchia"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "edicola"
},
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"alt": "へきがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hekigan",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "壁龕"
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"roman": "níša",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
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"word": "ни́ша"
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"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "mokotawhā"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nisje"
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{
"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "طاقچه"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nicia"
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"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nisza"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nicho"
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nișă"
},
{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "firidă"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "níša",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ни́ша"
},
{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výklenok"
},
{
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "niša"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"word": "hornacina"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 5 4 7 7 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "níša",
"sense": "cavity, hollow, or recess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ні́ша"
}
]
},
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"Any similar position, literal or figurative."
],
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},
{
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"Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium."
],
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[
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]
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"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
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"suit"
]
],
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"(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited."
],
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"natural-sciences"
],
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"roman": "niša",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ниша"
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nínxol"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "生態位"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngtàiwèi",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "生态位"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nika"
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{
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niche"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "ekologinen lokero"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "nissi"
},
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niche"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ökologische Nische"
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{
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נישה"
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nideog"
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{
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nicchia"
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{
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"alt": "せいたいてきちい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seitaiteki chii",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "生態的地位"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "ニッチ"
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{
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"word": "tūranga hauropi"
},
{
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nisza"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nicho"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "níša",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ни́ша"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nicho"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 3 86 4 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "níša",
"sense": "ecological function of an organism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ні́ша"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business."
],
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"links": [
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"(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business."
],
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{
"word": "specialty"
},
{
"word": "specialization"
}
],
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "3 13 2 2 75 5",
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"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niche"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"word": "markkinarako"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niche"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
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"word": "Nische"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "Marktnische"
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{
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"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נישה"
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{
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "nitchi",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"word": "ニッチ"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "nisje"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 13 2 2 75 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nisza"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 13 2 2 75 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nicho"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 13 2 2 75 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "níša",
"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ни́ша"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 13 2 2 75 5",
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"sense": "position of opportunity",
"tags": [
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"word": "nicho"
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"English countable nouns",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English unadapted borrowings from French",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Persian translations",
"Rhymes:English/iːʃ",
"Rhymes:English/iːʃ/1 syllable",
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"2": "fr",
"3": "niche"
},
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},
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},
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"t": "to make a nest"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "nicher"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*nīdicāre"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "nīdus",
"t": "nest"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"3": "nide"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nest"
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{
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nyas"
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"name": "m"
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"forms": [
{
"form": "more niche",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "nicher",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most niche",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "nichest",
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"superlative"
]
}
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"2": "er"
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"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "niché"
}
],
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "niche products",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "niche audience",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2016, BookLover, How to Become A Massive YouTube Celebrity",
"text": "You can go even more niche if you like though and choose 'crocheting' or 'bird sewing patterns' but the 'more niche' you go, the more you narrow your audience.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal; obscure."
],
"links": [
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"obscure",
"obscure"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/niːʃ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-Australian",
"Ireland",
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːʃ"
},
{
"ipa": "/niʃ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-niche-3.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-niche.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-au-niche.ogg/En-au-niche.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-niche.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-niche.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-niche.ogg/En-us-niche.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-niche.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-us-niche-2.ogg/En-us-niche-2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-us-niche-2.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nitchi",
"sense": "pertaining to a market niche",
"word": "ニッチ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pertaining to a market niche",
"word": "niszowy"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"niche"
],
"word": "niche"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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