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See also:Nice,NICE,-nice,andniče

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishnyce,nice,nys, fromOld Frenchnice,niche,nisce(simple, foolish, ignorant), fromLatinnescius(ignorant, not knowing); comparenesciō(to know not, be ignorant of), fromne(not) +sciō(to know).

Adjective

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nice (comparativenicer,superlativenicest)

  1. (chiefly informal)Pleasant,satisfactory.[from 18th c.]
    • 1908 June,L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery,Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.:L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1909 (11th printing),→OCLC:
      "It's a lotnicer 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.
    • 1998, “Who Let the Dogs Out?”, performed byBaha Men:
      When the party wasnice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
    • 2008 April 19, Rachel Cooke, quotingDavid Lodge, “Nice work”, inThe Observer[1],→ISSN:
      What's difficult is when you think someone is saying somethingnice about you, but you're not quite sure.
  2. (chiefly informal) Of a person:friendly,attractive.[from 18th c.]
    • 2016 February 13, Gene Lyons, anonymous quotee, “Understanding the 'Bernie Bros'”, inThe Daily Journal[2], volume83, number37, pageA11:
      Yes, please tell me how Shillary is thenicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.
  3. Respectable;virtuous.[from 18th c.]
    What is anice person like you doing in a place like this?
    • 1995,Nick Hornby,High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz,→ISBN,page14:
      She was sonice, in fact, that she wouldn't let me put my hand underneath or even on top of her bra, and so I finished with her, although obviously I didn't tell her why.
  4. (withand, chiefly informal)Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mildintensifier;pleasantly,quite.[from 18th c.]
    The soup isnice and hot.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      We toted in the wood and got the fire goingnice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
  5. (chiefly informal) Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.
    For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were farnicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.2/10).[3]
  6. (chiefly informal) Showingrefinement ordelicacy,proper,seemly
    anice way of putting it
  7. (obsolete)Silly,ignorant;foolish.[14th–17th c.]
  8. (now rare)Particular in one's conduct;scrupulous,painstaking;choosy.[from 14th c.]
    • 1603,Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, inJohn Florio, transl.,The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes forEdward Blount [],→OCLC:
      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 exceedingnice in performing his word or promise.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
      Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of anice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
    • 1999,Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick,The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published2008, page83:
      But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be toonice[translatingwählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.
  9. (dated) Havingparticular tastes;fussy,fastidious.[from 14th c.]
  10. (obsolete)Particular as regardsrules or qualities;strict.[16th–19th c.]
    • 1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 14, inEmma: [], volume II, London: [] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC:
      “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 amnice; I do not like strange voices; and nobody speaks like you and poor Miss Taylor. ..."
    • 1818,Jane Austen, chapter 16, inPersuasion:
      "Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not verynice. Birth and good manners are essential."
  11. Showing orrequiringgreatprecision orsensitivediscernment;subtle.[from 16th c.]
    • 1914,Saki,Laura:
      "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's anice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
    • 1974,Lawrence Durrell,Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published1992, page131:
      It would be anice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.
    • 2006,Clive James,North Face of Soho, Picador, published2007, page242:
      Why it should have attained such longevity is anice question.
  12. (obsolete) Easily injured;delicate;dainty.
  13. (obsolete)Doubtful, as to the outcome;risky.[16th–19th c.]
    • c.1597 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, []”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On thenice hazard of one doubtfull houre?
      Is it good / To bet all of our wealth / On one throw of the dice? To place so high a stake / On therisky hazard of one doubtful hour?
    • 1822 July 28, T. Creevey,Reminiscences:
      It has been a damnednice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
Usage notes
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Sometimes usedsarcastically to mean theopposite or toconnoteexcess:

  • 1710,Jonathan Swift,The Examiner No. XIV:
    I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management ofnice affairs.
  • 1930,H.M. Walker,The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case:
    Here's anothernice mess you've gotten us into.
  • 1973, Cockerel Chorus,Nice One, Cyril!:
    Nice one, Cyril!
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Terms derived fromnice (adjective)
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Descendants
Translations
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pleasant, satisfactory
attractive, friendly
having a pleasant taste or aroma
showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment
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Adverb

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nice (comparativenicer,superlativenicest)

  1. (colloquial)Nicely.
    Children, playnice.
    He dresses realnice.
    • 2002,Gina Riley,Jane Turner,That's Unusual: Scripts from Kath and Kim, Series 2, page245:
      This riesling's going downnice.

Interjection

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nice!

  1. Used to signify a jobwelldone.
    Nice! I couldn't have done better.
  2. Used to signifyapproval.
    Is that your new car?Nice!
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interjection used to signify approval

Noun

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nice (uncountable)

  1. niceness.
    • 2000, Dana Stabenow,Midnight Come Again,→ISBN, page111:
      She had refused as kindly as she know how, using up as muchnice as she had energy for because she was glad of his company when three o'clock rolled around and she started thinking about September.
    • 2013, Todd Whitaker,What Great Teachers Do Differently: 17 Things That Matter Most,→ISBN:
      We could debate forever about whether we have enough of one or too much of another. But I know one thing for sure: We never have too muchnice.
    • 2014, Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson, David Bredehoft,How Much Is Too Much?,→ISBN:
      It is the absence of rules and too muchnice that are more likely to produce terror.

Etymology 2

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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

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nice (third-person singular simple presentnices,present participlenicing,simple past and past participleniced)

EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
  1. (transitive, computing, Unix) Torun aprocess with a specified (usually lower)priority.
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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nice

  1. dative/locativesingular ofnika

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishnice.

Adjective

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nice (comparativenicer,superlativemeest niceornicest)

  1. (slang)nice
    Haar nieuwe album is echtnice.
    Her new album is reallynice.

Declension

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Declension ofnice
uninflectednice
inflectednice
comparativenicer
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialnicenicerhetnicest
hetniceste
indefinitem./f. sing.nicenicereniceste
n. sing.nicenicerniceste
pluralnicenicereniceste
definitenicenicereniceste
partitivenicesnicers

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchnice, inherited fromLatinnescius.

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nice (pluralnices)

  1. (archaic)candid,naive
    • 1907,Colette,La retraite sentimentale,page41:
      Oui, crédulement, vous ne comprenez pas? Entendez donc que j’ai cru, plusnice qu’une pensionnaire, au pouvoir exclusif de cet inconnu que je fuyais !
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishnice.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nice (strong nominative masculine singularnicer,comparative(rare)nicer,superlative(extremely rare)amnicesten)

  1. (colloquial)good,nice
    • 2020 December 8, Sara Tomšić, “Die Zukunft, das ist die grüne Samtcouch”, inZEITmagazin[5]:
      Na gut. Und auch, wenn ich nur das eine Regal hatte – in der Schule konnte ich durch dich mitreden. Ja, Pax, vollnice und geräumig, der Poäng-Sessel, mega gemütlich.
      Fine. And even if I only had that one shelf – thanks to you, I had a say in conversations at school. Oh, Pax, allnice and spacious, and the Poäng armchair, super comfortable.
    • 2021, “Feeling”, performed by Fatoni & Dexter:
      Ich steh' im Club / Seh' ziemlichnice aus / Ah, wobei, die Schuhe / Ne, scheiß drauf, ich seh'nice aus
      I'm at the club / Lookin' prettygood / Actually, these shoes / Nah, fuck it, I lookgood

Declension

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Positive forms ofnice
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristnicesieistniceesistnicesiesindnice
strong declension
(without article)
nominativenicernicenicesnice
genitivenicennicernicennicer
dativenicemnicernicemnicen
accusativenicennicenicesnice
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominativedernicedienicedasnicedienicen
genitivedesnicendernicendesnicendernicen
dativedemnicendernicendemnicendennicen
accusativedennicendienicedasnicedienicen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominativeeinnicereineniceeinnices(keine)nicen
genitiveeinesniceneinerniceneinesnicen(keiner)nicen
dativeeinemniceneinerniceneinemnicen(keinen)nicen
accusativeeinenniceneineniceeinnices(keine)nicen
Comparative forms ofnice
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristnicer1sieistnicer1esistnicer1siesindnicer1
strong declension
(without article)
nominativenicerer1nicere1niceres1nicere1
genitiveniceren1nicerer1niceren1nicerer1
dativenicerem1nicerer1nicerem1niceren1
accusativeniceren1nicere1niceres1nicere1
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominativedernicere1dienicere1dasnicere1dieniceren1
genitivedesniceren1derniceren1desniceren1derniceren1
dativedemniceren1derniceren1demniceren1denniceren1
accusativedenniceren1dienicere1dasnicere1dieniceren1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominativeeinnicerer1einenicere1einniceres1(keine)niceren1
genitiveeinesniceren1einerniceren1einesniceren1(keiner)niceren1
dativeeinemniceren1einerniceren1einemniceren1(keinen)niceren1
accusativeeinenniceren1einenicere1einniceres1(keine)niceren1

1Rare.

Superlative forms ofnice
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristamnicesten1sieistamnicesten1esistamnicesten1siesindamnicesten1
strong declension
(without article)
nominativenicester1niceste1nicestes1niceste1
genitivenicesten1nicester1nicesten1nicester1
dativenicestem1nicester1nicestem1nicesten1
accusativenicesten1niceste1nicestes1niceste1
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominativederniceste1dieniceste1dasniceste1dienicesten1
genitivedesnicesten1dernicesten1desnicesten1dernicesten1
dativedemnicesten1dernicesten1demnicesten1dennicesten1
accusativedennicesten1dieniceste1dasniceste1dienicesten1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominativeeinnicester1eineniceste1einnicestes1(keine)nicesten1
genitiveeinesnicesten1einernicesten1einesnicesten1(keiner)nicesten1
dativeeinemnicesten1einernicesten1einemnicesten1(keinen)nicesten1
accusativeeinennicesten1eineniceste1einnicestes1(keine)nicesten1

1Extremely rare.

Further reading

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Middle English

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nice

  1. Alternative form ofnyce

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishnice.

Adjective

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nice

  1. (slang)Alternative form ofnajs(nice)

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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FromOttoman Turkishنیچه(nice,how much), fromProto-Turkic*nēče, equative form of*nē(what). Seene(what), cognate toKarakhanidناجا(nēčē,how much).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nice

  1. many
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Etymology 2

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Ultimately fromProto-Turkic*nē-(interrogative archetype).

Adverb

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nice

  1. (dialectal or poetic)how
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