nicchia
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Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably from nicchiare.
Noun[edit]
nicchia f (plural nicchie)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
nicchia
- inflection of nicchiare:
Further reading[edit]
- nicchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Sicilian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Italian nicchia, French niche, ultimately likely from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
Noun[edit]
nicchia f (plural nicchi)
- niche (cavity in a wall, usually for statues, etc.)
- 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”)
- 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[edit]
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- Rhymes:Italian/ikkja
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- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- it:Architectural elements
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- Sicilian terms with collocations
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