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nice¹

  • /naɪ̯s/ US, UK
  • /naːs/
  • /nɑ̟ɪ̯s/ Australia
  • /nɒ̈ɪ̯s/ Australia
  • /nɑ̟e̝s/ New Zealand
  • /nɒ̈e̝s/ New Zealand
  • /nɐɪ̯s/
  • /nɜɪ̯s/
  • /nʌɪ̯s/
  • /nəɪ̯s/

Sounds like gneiss · Rhymes with -aɪs

Where it comes from

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

adjective nicer · nicest · nyc · noice

  1. informal Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary. "It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls, how many bites each girl would have.
  2. informal Of a person: friendly, attractive. You weren’t nice to me this morning.
  3. Respectable; virtuous. What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
  4. informal Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. The soup is nice and hot.
  5. informal Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression. For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).
  6. informal Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly a nice way of putting it
  7. obsolete Silly, ignorant; foolish. Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.
  8. archaic Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
  9. dated Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious. Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo.
  10. obsolete Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. “Well, my dear,” he deliberately began, “considering we never saw her before, she seems a very pretty sort of young lady; and I dare say she was very much pleased with you. She speaks a little too quick. A little quickness of voice there is which rather hurts the ear. But I believe I am nice; I do n
  11. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
  12. obsolete Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
  13. obsolete Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?

Similar: delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet

adverb nicer · nicest · nyc · noice

  1. colloquial Nicely. Children, play nice.

interjection nice! · nyc · noice

  1. Used to signify a job well done. Nice! I couldn't have done better.
  2. Used to signify approval. Is that your new car? Nice!

noun nyc · noice

  1. uncountable niceness. She had refused as kindly as she know how, using up as much nice as she had energy for because she was glad of his company when three o'clock rolled around and she started thinking about September.

nice²

  • /naɪ̯s/ US, UK
  • /naːs/
  • /nɑ̟ɪ̯s/ Australia
  • /nɒ̈ɪ̯s/ Australia
  • /nɑ̟e̝s/ New Zealand
  • /nɒ̈e̝s/ New Zealand
  • /nɐɪ̯s/
  • /nɜɪ̯s/
  • /nʌɪ̯s/
  • /nəɪ̯s/

Sounds like gneiss · Rhymes with -aɪs

Where it comes from

Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.

verb nices · nicing · niced · nyc · noice

  1. Unix, transitive To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Nice³

  • /niːs/ UK
  • /nis/ Canada, US
  • /niːs/ Australia
  • /niːs/ New Zealand

Sounds like niece · Rhymes with -iːs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia”, suffix forming place names). It was named for a 4th-century-BCE victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii.

Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

proper noun

  1. A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France. The Nice prosecutor’s office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into his death and an autopsy ordered. So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove’s death.
  2. A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
  3. A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.

NICE⁴

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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