niche
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
niche(1395) appears with the meaning of "recess made in a wall to place a statue". Either the deverbal of nicher, or borrowed from the Italian nicchia, but this word is only attested since the fifteenth century... or else, it would have to be traced back to nicchio ("shell") whose earliest attestation dates from the beginning of the fourteenth century.
Definitions
- architecture
- commerce
- écologie
Plural
niches
Translations
german:Marktnische
english:niche
spanish:caseta
finnish:lokero
italian:nicchia
dutch:niche'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-12.33562%20-20.5871%2020.58684%20-12.33577%20240.3%2048)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-3.38573%20-23.75998%2023.75968%20-3.38578%20288%2095.8)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(6.5991%20-23.0749%2023.0746%206.59919%20288%20168)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(14.9991%20-18.73557%2018.73533%2014.99929%20240%20216)'/%3e%3c/svg%3e)
chinese:狗屋
swedish:hundkoja