nicchia

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnik.kja/
  • Rhymes: -ikkja
  • Hyphenation: nìc‧chia

Etymology 1

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Probably from nicchiare.

Noun

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nicchia f (plural nicchie)

  1. niche
  2. cavity, hollow (in a hill etc.)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nicchia

  1. inflection of nicchiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • nicchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Italian nicchia, French niche, ultimately likely from Latin nīdus (nest).

Noun

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nicchia f (plural nicchi)

  1. niche (cavity in a wall, usually for statues, etc.)
  2. niche (one's profession, speciality)
    èssiri nta la so nicchia(please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “to be in one's niche”)
  3. a small part; a bit
    • c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter I, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 2:
      E mi fa viva e premurusa istanza, ¶ Chi a l’immortalità voli una ’nnicchia [].
      He makes the eager stirring requests that he want's just a niche of the immortality [].

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “nìcchia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2718
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “nicchia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 296