nicher

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English

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Verb

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nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nichering, simple past and past participle nichered)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of nicker (“to neigh”)
    • 1800, James Hogg, The Mysterious Bride:
      "Aha-ha-ha! Hee-hee-hee!" nichered McMurdie, misconstruing the Laird's meaning.

Adjective

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nicher

  1. comparative form of niche: more niche

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French nigier, from Vulgar Latin nīdicāre (Classical Latin nīdificāre), from nīdus (“nest”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ni.ʃe/
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Verb

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nicher

  1. to nest (bird)
  2. to nestle
  3. (slang) to hang out

Conjugation

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Conjugation of nicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nicher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nichant
/ni.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle niché
/ni.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present niche
/niʃ/ 		niches
/niʃ/ 		niche
/niʃ/ 		nichons
/ni.ʃɔ̃/ 		nichez
/ni.ʃe/ 		nichent
/niʃ/
imperfect nichais
/ni.ʃɛ/ 		nichais
/ni.ʃɛ/ 		nichait
/ni.ʃɛ/ 		nichions
/ni.ʃjɔ̃/ 		nichiez
/ni.ʃje/ 		nichaient
/ni.ʃɛ/
past historic2 nichai
/ni.ʃe/ 		nichas
/ni.ʃa/ 		nicha
/ni.ʃa/ 		nichâmes
/ni.ʃam/ 		nichâtes
/ni.ʃat/ 		nichèrent
/ni.ʃɛʁ/
future nicherai
/niʃ.ʁe/ 		nicheras
/niʃ.ʁa/ 		nichera
/niʃ.ʁa/ 		nicherons
/niʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		nicherez
/niʃ.ʁe/ 		nicheront
/niʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional nicherais
/niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		nicherais
/niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		nicherait
/niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		nicherions
/ni.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		nicheriez
/ni.ʃə.ʁje/ 		nicheraient
/niʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present niche
/niʃ/ 		niches
/niʃ/ 		niche
/niʃ/ 		nichions
/ni.ʃjɔ̃/ 		nichiez
/ni.ʃje/ 		nichent
/niʃ/
imperfect2 nichasse
/ni.ʃas/ 		nichasses
/ni.ʃas/ 		nichât
/ni.ʃa/ 		nichassions
/ni.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		nichassiez
/ni.ʃa.sje/ 		nichassent
/ni.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — niche
/niʃ/ 		— nichons
/ni.ʃɔ̃/ 		nichez
/ni.ʃe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Scots

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Verb

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nicher (third-person singular simple present nichers, present participle nicherin, simple past nichert, past participle nichert)

  1. To nicker; to make a soft neighing sound.
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