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Added 9 October 2026

niche

/niːʃ/ noun

Latin root: nīdus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about niche at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
he found his niche in the academic world
A small concavity.
An enclosure that is set back or indented.

Origin

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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