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Adjective

I hope you all had a nice time.

It’s so nice to see you again.

It’s nice to be back home.

It’s nice to know that you’re all right.

It would be nice to try something different.

We had a very nice dinner.

“Hello, my name is Sara.” “It’s nice to meet you, Sara.”

It’s nice to see you, Luis. How have you been?

She wears the nicest clothes.

He looks nice in his new suit.

Recent Examples on the Web

But getting that next reliable wave would be nice, too.

—Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023

The zipper is very nice and helps make the jacket look like a higher-end piece.

—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023

The living quarters also feature lofty, eight-foot-high ceilings that create a nice and breezy feel throughout.

—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023

Some of those people are probably nice and dateable.

—Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023

Cake and cookies came out evenly browned and had a fine texture with few air pockets, meanwhile broccoli came out nice and consistently crisp, too.

—Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023

Yes Adding powder to smoothies is nice and all, but this one can be baked into peanut butter bars or even tossed into a tomato sauce.

—Jasmine Gomez, Women’s Health, 31 Mar. 2023

Your forearms should be nice and tall and your elbow up against your rib cage.

—Jeff Tomko, Men’s Health, 31 Mar. 2023

The video is stylized and slick, with some very nice luggage on display.

—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023

The Terran 1 rocket sure cleans up nice.

—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2023

The concept is simple: Each episode is an in-depth journey on a notable train somewhere around the world, with likable and very-earnestly-excited-about-trains-but-in-a-nice-calming-way host Teddy Wilson acting as a tour guide and pal throughout each trip.

—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2022

Ryan Reynolds cleans up nice, to say the least.

—Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022

The other nice-yielding REIT making 52-week highs of late is outlet mall giant Tanger Factory Outlet (SKT, 4.6% yield).

—Brett Owens, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023

Why does this perfectly nice-seeming man never get a line, let alone a storyline?

—Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2022

Amazon has instead offered up a steady stream of nice-sounding anecdotes about plastic use that don’t add up to much.

—Matt Littlejohn, Fortune, 16 June 2022

Irish Spring featured a somewhat strange gathering of nice-smelling people on an island.

—Tim Calkins For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022

Most of them are feeding off a neither-candidate-is-good-enough syndrome that makes people vote for mystery men and women who come attached to a nice-sounding party label.

—Gail Collins New York Times, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020

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adjective, nic·er, nic·est.

pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.

amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers.

characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy: nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.

showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments: a job that requires nice measurements.

minute, fine, or subtle: a nice distinction.

having or showing delicate, accurate perception: a nice sense of color.

refined in manners, language, etc.: Nice people wouldn’t do such things.

suitable or proper: That was not a nice remark.

carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.

(especially of food) dainty or delicate.

having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes: They’re much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.

Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant.

Obsolete. unimportant; trivial.

Obsolete. wanton.

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Idioms about nice

make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.

nice and, sufficiently: It’s nice and warm in here.

Origin of nice

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “foolish, stupid,” from Old French: “silly, simple,” from Latin nescius “ignorant, incapable,” equivalent to ne- negative prefix + sci- (stem of scīre “to know”; see science) + -us adjective suffix

usage note for nice

The semantic history of nice is quite varied, as the etymology and the obsolete senses attest, and any attempt to insist on only one of its present senses as correct will not be in keeping with the facts of actual usage. If any criticism is valid, it might be that the word is used too often and has become a cliché lacking the qualities of precision and intensity that are embodied in many of its synonyms.

OTHER WORDS FROM nice

nicely, adverbniceness, nouno·ver·nice, adjectiveo·ver·nice·ly, adverb

o·ver·nice·ness, nounun·nice, adjectiveun·nice·ly, adverbun·nice·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH nice

1. nice , niceness , nicety2. gneiss, nice

Words nearby nice

Nicaean, NICAM, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan, niccolite, nice, Nice guys finish last, nice-looking, Nicene, Nicene Council, Nicene Creed

Other definitions for nice (2 of 2)

noun

a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.

Origin of Nice

From French, (Provençal Niça ), from Latin Nīcaea, from Greek Nīkaía, proper noun use of adjective nīkaía “victorious,” from nī́kē “victory”

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Words related to nice

cordial, ducky, fair, friendly, good, kind, lovely, okay, superior, swell, welcome, winning, dainty, fine, hairsplitting, minute, particular, right, tidy, trim

How to use nice in a sentence

A design that matches the gaming equipment is always a nice bonus.
We don’t recommend relying on magic scrapers in areas where thick ice and heavy snow are a regular occurrence, but it’s nice to have them around for lighter snowstorms.
It took everything I saved up and sacrificed, but now we got a nice little place going on.
The spicy version, with a nice complex burn in the seasoning, is even better.

This particular tool is inexpensive, available in two sizes, and has a nice ergonomic handle.
From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.
Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
It was also nice to have a place where my family and friends could see what was going on in my life.
There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
I don’t care, it ain’t nice, and I wonder aunt brought us to such a place.
And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.
«I don’t think that is a very nice taste,» said Davy, beginning to feel very uneasy.

British Dictionary definitions for nice (1 of 3)

adjective

pleasant or commendablea nice day

kind or friendlya nice gesture of help

good or satisfactorythey made a nice job of it

subtle, delicate, or discriminatinga nice point in the argument

precise; skilfula nice fit

rare fastidious; respectablehe was not too nice about his methods

obsolete

foolish or ignorant
delicate
shy; modest
wanton

nice and pleasinglyit’s nice and cool

Derived forms of nice

nicely, adverbniceness, nounnicish, adjective

Word Origin for nice

C13 (originally: foolish): from Old French nice simple, silly, from Latin nescius ignorant, from nescīre to be ignorant; see nescience

British Dictionary definitions for nice (2 of 3)

noun

a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999)

British Dictionary definitions for nice (3 of 3)

n acronym for

(in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS

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Cultural definitions for nice

notes for Nice

Nice is the most famous resort of the French Riviera.

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Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

nyc (non-standard)
noice (slang)

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: nīs, IPA^(key): /naɪs/
(India) IPA^(key): /nɑɪs/, /nɑjs/
(Falkland Islands English) IPA^(key): /nəɪs/
Rhymes: -aɪs
Homophone: gneiss

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

Adjective[edit]

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

(chiefly informal) Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.]
- 1998, Baha Men – “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
  
  When the party was nice, the party was jumpin’ (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- 2008, Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 20 Apr.:
  
  «What’s difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you’re not quite sure.»
(chiefly informal) Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]
Respectable; virtuous. [from 18th c.]

What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
(with and, chiefly informal) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. [from 18th c.]

The soup is nice and hot.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:
  
  We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
(chiefly informal) Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

a nice way of putting it
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish. [14th–17th c.]
(now rare) Particular in one’s conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward 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 exceeding nice 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 a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p.83:
  
  But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice [translating wählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.
(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th–19th c.]
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 14:
  
  “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 am nice; I do not like strange voices; and nobody speaks like you and poor Miss Taylor. …»
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:
  
  «Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential.»
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
- 1914: Saki, Laura:
  
  «It’s her own funeral, you know,» said Sir Lulworth; «it’s a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one’s own mortal remains.»
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
  
  It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p.242:
  
  Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [16th–19th c.]
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →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 the nice 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 the risky hazard of one doubtful hour?
- 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul.:
  
  It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.

Usage notes[edit]

Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess:

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 of nice affairs.
1930, H.M. Walker, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten us into.
1973, Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril!

Nice one, Cyril!

Synonyms[edit]

(easy to like: person): charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet
(easy to like: thing): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
(having a pleasant taste or aroma): appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty
(subtle): fine, subtle

Antonyms[edit]

(easy to like: person): horrible, horrid, nasty
(easy to like: thing): horrible, horrid, nasty
(having a pleasant taste or aroma): awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
(respectable; virtuous): naughty

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from nice (adjective)

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nicety

Descendants[edit]

→ Dutch: nice
→ German: nice
→ Danish: nice
→ Japanese: ナイス
→ Swedish: najs, nice
→ Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: nice

Translations[edit]

pleasant

American Sign Language: OpenB@BasePalm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Finger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
Arabic: حَسَّن‎ (ar) (ḥassan), لَطِيف‎ (laṭīf)
Azerbaijani: gözəl (az), qəşəng (az)
Basque: atsegin
Belarusian: до́бры (be) (dóbry), мі́лы (míly), прые́мны (pryjémny), фа́йны (fájny)
Belizean Creole: nais
Bulgarian: симпати́чен (bg) (simpatíčen), мил (bg) (mil), любе́зен (bg) (ljubézen), прия́тен (bg) (prijáten)
Chickasaw: chokma (to be nice)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 美好的 (zh) (měihǎo de)
Czech: hezký (cs), příjemný (cs), milý (cs)
Dutch: leuk (nl), aangenaam (nl), fijn (nl)
Esperanto: agrabla (eo)
Estonian: meeldiv
Finnish: kiva (fi), mukava (fi), sympaattinen (fi)
French: gentil (fr), sympathique (fr), sympa (fr), agréable (fr)
German: freundlich (de), sympathisch (de), lieb (de), nett (de)

Alemannic German: nett
Greek: καλός (el) (kalós)
Hebrew: נֶחְמָד‎ (he) (nekhmád)
Hungarian: kellemes (hu), szép (hu)
Irish: deas
Italian: simpatico (it), piacevole (it), gentile (it)
Japanese: 快い (ja) (こころよい, kokoroyoi), 可愛い (ja) (kawaii)
Korean: 좋은 (ko) (jo’eun)
Latin: lepidus
Louisiana Creole French: joli, jenti, vayan
Maori: hūmārika, hūmārie
Middle English: wynly
Norman: genti
Norwegian: hyggelig (no), sympatisk
Persian: دلپذیر‎ (fa) (delpazir), ناز‎ (fa) (nâz)
Polish: miły (pl), przyjemny (pl), fajny (pl), dobry (pl)
Portuguese: bonito (pt), agradável (pt), simpático (pt)
Romanian: simpatic (ro)
Russian: ми́лый (ru) (mílyj), прия́тный (ru) (prijátnyj), хоро́ший (ru) (xoróšij)
Scottish Gaelic: laghach
Slovak: príjemný, milý
Somali: fiican
Spanish: simpático (es), agradable (es), amable (es), bueno (es)
Swahili: nzuri (sw)
Swedish: vänlig (sv), sympatisk (sv), trevlig (sv)
Tok Pisin: naispela
Turkish: hoş (tr), güzel (tr), iyi (tr)
Ukrainian: до́брий (uk) (dóbryj), фа́йний (fájnyj), приє́мний (pryjémnyj), ми́лий (mýlyj)
Vietnamese: tốt (vi)

attractive

American Sign Language: OpenB@BasePalm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Finger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
Basque: eder
Belarusian: мі́лы (míly), фа́йны (fájny)
Bulgarian: ху́бав (bg) (húbav), краси́в (bg) (krasív)
Czech: hezký (cs), pěkný (cs), krásný (cs),
Danish: pæn (da)
Dutch: aantrekkelijk (nl), mooi (nl), knap (nl)
Estonian: kena
Finnish: nätti (fi), viehättävä (fi), mukava (fi), kiva (fi)
French: beau (fr), joli (fr)
German: schön (de), hübsch (de), nett (de)
Greek: ωραίος (el) (oraíos)
Hebrew: יָפֶה‎ (he) (yafé), נָאֶה‎ (he) (na’é)
Hungarian: szép (hu)
Irish: deas
Italian: bello (it)
Korean: 착하다 (ko) (chakhada)
Latin: pulcher
Maori: ranginamu
Norwegian: pen (no)
Persian: پسندیده‎ (fa) (pasandide), ناز‎ (fa) (nâz)
Portuguese: bom (pt), agradável (pt)
Russian: симпати́чный (ru) (simpatíčnyj), ми́лый (ru) (mílyj)
Scottish Gaelic: snog
Slovak: pekný, krásny
Spanish: bonito (es), bello (es), lindo (es)
Swahili: nzuri (sw)
Swedish: fin (sv), vacker (sv)
Telugu: ఆకర్షణీయమైన (te) (ākarṣaṇīyamaina)
Tok Pisin: naispela
Ukrainian: ми́лий (mýlyj), фа́йний (fájnyj), прива́бливий (pryváblyvyj)

having a pleasant taste or aroma

Arabic: طَيِّب‎ (ṭayyib), عَطِر‎ (ʕaṭir)
Bulgarian: вкусен (bg) (vkusen)
Dutch: lekker (nl), aangenaam (nl)
Estonian: maitsev (et)
Finnish: maukas (fi) (tasty), hyvä (fi), herkullinen (fi)
French: bon (fr)
German: lecker (de), angenehm (de)
Greek: νόστιμος (el) (nóstimos)
Hebrew: נָעִים‎ (he) (na’ím)
Italian: buono (it)
Maori: kakara
Persian: خوشمزه‎ (fa) (xošmaze), خوشبو‎ (fa) (xošbô)
Polish: miły (pl)
Portuguese: agradável (pt)
Russian: (tasty) вку́сный (ru) (vkúsnyj)
Spanish: rico (es), bueno (es)
Swahili: nzuri (sw)
Swedish: god (sv), smaklig (sv), läcker (sv)
Telugu: పసందైన (te) (pasandaina)

Adverb[edit]

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

(colloquial) Nicely.

Children, play nice.

He dresses real nice.
- 2002, Gina Riley; Jane Turner, That’s Unusual: Scripts from Kath and Kim, Series 2, page 245:
  
  This riesling’s going down nice.

Interjection[edit]

nice!

Used to signify a job well done.

Nice! I couldn’t have done better.
Used to signify approval.

Is that your new car? Nice!

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

nice (uncountable)

niceness.
- 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 111:
  
  She had refused as kindly as she know how, using up as much nice 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 much nice.
- 2014, Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson, &David Bredehoft, How Much Is Too Much?, →ISBN:
  
  It is the absence of rules and too much nice that are more likely to produce terror.

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

nice (third-person singular simple present nices, present participle nicing, simple past and past participle niced)

(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Derived terms[edit]

renice

Anagrams[edit]

Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈnɪt͡sɛ]
Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ
Hyphenation: ni‧ce

Noun[edit]

nice

dative/locative singular of nika

Anagrams[edit]

Ince

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English nice.

Adjective[edit]

nice (used only predicatively, not comparable)

(slang) nice

Haar nieuwe album is echt nice.

Her new album is really nice.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French nice, inherited from Latin nescius.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /nis/

Adjective[edit]

nice (plural nices)

(archaic) candid, naive
- 1907, Colette, La retraite sentimentale, page 41:
  
  Oui, crédulement, vous ne comprenez pas? Entendez donc que j’ai cru, plus nice qu’une pensionnaire, au pouvoir exclusif de cet inconnu que je fuyais !
  
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms[edit]

nicet

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English nice.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /naɪ̯s/

Adjective[edit]

nice (strong nominative masculine singular nicer, comparative (rare) nicer, superlative (extremely rare) am nicesten)

(colloquial) good, nice
- 2020 December 8, Sara Tomšić, “Die Zukunft, das ist die grüne Samtcouch”, in ZEITmagazin‎^[2]:
  
  Na gut. Und auch, wenn ich nur das eine Regal hatte – in der Schule konnte ich durch dich mitreden. Ja, Pax, voll nice 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, all nice and spacious, and the Poäng armchair, super comfortable.
- 2021, “Feeling”, performed by Fatoni & Dexter:
  
  Ich steh’ im Club / Seh’ ziemlich nice aus / Ah, wobei, die Schuhe / Ne, scheiß drauf, ich seh’ nice aus
  
  I’m at the club / Lookin’ pretty good / Actually, these shoes / Nah, fuck it, I look good

Declension[edit]

Comparative forms of nice

Superlative forms of nice

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

nice

Alternative form of nyce

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish نیچه‎ (nice, “how much”), from Proto-Turkic *nēče, equative form of *nē (“what”). See ne (“what”), cognate to Karakhanid ناجا‎ (nēčē, “how much”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [niˈd͡ʒe]

Adjective[edit]

nice

many

Synonyms[edit]

çok

Etymology 2[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“interrogative archetype”).

Adverb[edit]

nice

(dialectal or poetic) how

Synonyms[edit]

nasıl

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Nice

(nēs)

A city of southeast France on the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Cannes. Controlled by various royal houses after the 1200s, the city was finally ceded to France in 1860. It is the leading resort city of the French Riviera.

nice

(nīs)

adj. nic·er, nic·est

1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time; a nice person.

2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance: a nice dress; a nice face.

3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness: a nice gesture.

4. Of good character and reputation; respectable.

5. Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.

6. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle: a nice distinction; a nice sense of style.

7. Done with delicacy and skill: a nice bit of craft.

8. Used as an intensive with and: nice and warm.

9. Obsolete

a. Wanton; profligate: «For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests» (Shakespeare).

b. Affectedly modest; coy: «Ere … / The nice Morn on th’ Indian steep, / From her cabin’d loop-hole peep» (John Milton).

[Middle English, foolish, from Old French, from Latin nescius, ignorant, from nescīre, to be ignorant; see nescience.]

nice′ly adv.

nice′ness n.

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nice

(naɪs)

adj

1. pleasant or commendable: a nice day.

2. kind or friendly: a nice gesture of help.

3. good or satisfactory: they made a nice job of it.

4. subtle, delicate, or discriminating: a nice point in the argument.

5. precise; skilful: a nice fit.

6. rare fastidious; respectable: he was not too nice about his methods.

7. obsolete

a. foolish or ignorant

b. delicate

c. shy; modest

d. wanton

8. nice and pleasingly: it’s nice and cool.

[C13 (originally: foolish): from Old French nice simple, silly, from Latin nescius ignorant, from nescīre to be ignorant; see nescience]

ˈnicely adv

ˈniceness n

ˈnicish, ˈniceish adj

Nice

(French nis)

(Placename) a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc. Pop: 348 721 (2007)

NICE

(naɪs)

n acronym for

1. (Medicine) (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS

2. (Economics) non-inflationary consistent expansion: a period of steady economic growth and low inflation

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nice

(naɪs)

adj. nic•er, nic•est.

1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.

2. amiable; pleasant; kind: to be nice to strangers.

3. requiring or displaying great skill, tact, or precision: a nice handling of a crisis.

4. indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments or measurements.

5. minute, fine, or subtle: a nice distinction.

6. having or showing delicate perception: a nice sense of color.

7. refined in manners, language, etc.

8. virtuous; respectable; decorous.

9. suitable or proper: a nice wedding.

10. carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.

11. having fastidious or fussy tastes.

12. Obs. coy, shy, or reluctant.

13. Obs. wanton.

Idioms:

nice and, (used as an intensifier to indicate sufficiency, pleasure, comfort, or the like): It’s nice and warm in here.

[1250–1300; Middle English: foolish, stupid < Old French: silly, simple < Latin nescius ignorant, incapable =ne- negative prefix + -scius, adj. derivative of scīre to know; compare science]

nice′ly, adv.

nice′ness, n.

usage: The semantic history of nice is quite varied, as the etymology and the obsolete senses attest, and any attempt to insist on only one of its present senses as correct is not in keeping with the facts of actual usage. One criticism is that the word has come, through overuse, to lack precision and intensity.

Nice

(nis)

a seaport in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort. 342,439.

nice

, nicety — Nice first meant «foolish, ignorant,» derived from Latin nescius, «ignorant»; nicety first meant «stupidity.»

nice

1. basic meaning

Nice is a very common adjective. You use it to show that you like someone or something, or that something gives you pleasure.

He has nice eyes.

It’s a very nice town.

I got a nice hat and a green dress.

Some people object to the use of nice because they say it does not have a clear meaning. This is only partly true.

2. talking about people

When you use nice to talk about people or their behaviour, its meaning is clear. If you say that someone is ‘a nice man’ or ‘a nice woman’, you mean that they are kind and thoughtful.

They seemed very nice men.

We’ve got very nice neighbours.

You can say that it is nice of someone to do something. This is a way of showing gratitude when someone has behaved in a kind and thoughtful way.

It’s nice of you to say that.

How nice of you to come.

If someone is being nice to someone else, they are behaving in a pleasant and friendly way towards them, even though they may not like them.

Promise you’ll be nice to her when she comes back.

3. talking about enjoyment

You can use nice with some nouns to talk about spending time in a pleasant way. This is a very common use. For example, if you say ‘Have a nice evening’, you are saying to someone that you hope they will spend the evening in a pleasant way. Similarly, if you say ‘Did you have a nice holiday?’, you are asking someone if they enjoyed their recent holiday.

They were having a nice time.

‘Have a nice weekend.’ – ‘You too.’

4. talking about things and places

In conversation, you can use nice to say that you like a thing or place. However, in formal writing it is better to find another adjective which expresses your meaning more exactly.

…a delightful room.

…a bottle of nail polish in an attractive shade.

It is one of the pleasantest places I know.

5. ‘nice’ with other adjectives

In conversation, nice is often used with other adjectives. For example, you can say that a room is nice and warm or describe it as a nice, warm room. When you use nice like this, you are saying that the room is nice because it is warm.

The room is nice and clean.

It’s nice and peaceful here.

I want a nice, warm, comfortable bed.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Nice — a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera France, French Republic — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Adj.	1.	nice — pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; «what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty»- George Meredith; «nice manners»; «a nice dress»; «a nice face»; «a nice day»; «had a nice time at the party»; «the corn and tomatoes are nice today» pleasant — affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; «we had a pleasant evening together»; «a pleasant scene»; «pleasant sensations» nasty, awful — offensive or even (of persons) malicious; «in a nasty mood»; «a nasty accident»; «a nasty shock»; «a nasty smell»; «a nasty trick to pull»; «Will he say nasty things at my funeral?»- Ezra Pound
	2.	nice — socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; «from a decent family»; «a nice girl» decent respectable — characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; «a respectable woman»
	3.	nice — done with delicacy and skill; «a nice bit of craft»; «a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer»; «a nice shot» skillful precise — sharply exact or accurate or delimited; «a precise mind»; «specified a precise amount»; «arrived at the precise moment»
	4.	nice — excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; «too nice about his food to take to camp cooking»; «so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow» overnice, squeamish, prissy, dainty fastidious — giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; «a fastidious and incisive intellect»; «fastidious about personal cleanliness»
	5.	nice — exhibiting courtesy and politeness; «a nice gesture» courteous, gracious polite — showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

nice

adjective

1. pleasant, delightful, agreeable, good, attractive, charming, pleasurable, enjoyable We had a nice meal with a bottle of champagne.
pleasant awful, dreadful, miserable, unpleasant, disagreeable

6. precise, fine, careful, strict, accurate, exact, exacting, subtle, delicate, discriminating, rigorous, meticulous, scrupulous, fastidious As a politician, he drew a nice distinction between his own opinions and the wishes of the majority.
precise rough, vague, careless, sloppy (informal)

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nice

adjective

1. To one’s liking:

agreeable, congenial, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome.

2. Having pleasant desirable qualities:

4. Conforming to accepted standards:

becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, proper, respectable, right, seemly.

5. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct:

6. Very difficult to please:

choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, particular, persnickety, squeamish.

7. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision:

8. So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate:

Translations

دَقيق، مَضْبوطظَريفلَطيفلَطِيفٌ

příjemnýhezkýmilýpěknýpřesný

dejliglækkernøjagtigpænrar

mukava

lijep

nákvæmurnotaleguròokkalegur

すてきな

좋은

subtilybėvingrybė

pamatīgspatīkams, jauksprecīzssmalks

prijetenprikupenspodoben

trevlig

ดี

dễ chịu

Nice

[niːs] N → Niza f

nice

[naɪs] ADJ (nicer (compar) (nicest (superl)))

1. (= pleasant) [book, holiday, evening] → bueno, agradable, lindo (LAm); [weather] → bueno; [food, aroma] → rico
it’s very nice here → se está muy bien aquí
it would be nice to speak a foreign language → estaría bien poder hablar otro idioma
it was nice to see you → me ha alegrado mucho verte, fue un placer verte (frm)
it’s not a very nice day, is it? (weather-wise) → no hace un día muy bueno, ¿verdad?
did you have a nice day? (at work) → ¿qué tal te fue el día?; (on trip) → ¿lo pasaste bien?
it’s a nice idea, but → es buena idea, pero …
it would be nice if you came too → me gustaría que tú también vinieses
nice one! → ¡estupendo!, ¡genial!
it smells nice → huele bien
it doesn’t taste at all nice → no sabe nada bien
did you have a nice time at the party? → ¿te lo pasaste bien en la fiesta?

3. (= kind) → amable
he was very nice about it → se mostró or (LAm) se portó muy amable al respecto
it was nice of you to help us → fuiste muy amable ayudándonos
to say nice things about sb → hablar bien de algn
to be nice to sb → ser amable con algn, tratar bien a algn

4. (= attractive) [person] → guapo, lindo (LAm); [thing, place, house] → bonito, lindo (LAm)
nice car! → ¡vaya coche!, ¡qué auto más lindo! (LAm)
you look nice! → ¡qué guapa estás!, ¡qué bien te ves! (LAm)
she has a nice smile → tiene una sonrisa muy bonita

8. (= subtle) [distinction, point] → sutil; [judgment] → acertado

9. (o.f., liter) (= fastidious) → remilgado

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nice

adj (+er)

→ nett; person, ways, voice → nett, sympathisch; (= nice-looking) girl, dress, looks etc → nett, hübsch; weather → schön, gut; taste, smell, meal, whisky → gut; warmth, feeling, car → schön; food → gut, lecker; (= skilful) workmanship, work → gut, schön, fein; be nice to him → sei nett zu ihm; that’s not nice! → das ist aber nicht nett; be a nice girl and … → sei lieb und …; he always tries to be Mr Nice Guy → er will sich immer bei allen beliebt machen; no more Mr Nice Guy → jetzt werden andere Saiten aufgezogen; to have a nice time → sich gut amüsieren; have a nice day! (esp US) → schönen Tag noch!; that was the nice thing about Venice → das war das Schöne an Venedig; it’s (so) nice to meet you at last/to see you again → es freut mich (sehr), Sie endlich (persönlich) kennenzulernen/Sie wieder zu treffen; it’s been nice meeting you → ich habe mich gefreut, Sie kennenzulernen; I had a nice rest → ich habe mich gut or schön ausgeruht; it’s nice to be needed → es ist schön, gebraucht zu werden; how nice of you to … → wie nett or lieb von Ihnen, zu …; nice one! → toll! (inf), → sauber! (inf); he has a nice taste in ties → er hat einen guten Geschmack, was Krawatten angeht

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Nice

[niːs] n → Nizza

nice

[naɪs] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl)))

a. (gen, pleasant) → bello/a, piacevole, gentile; (person) → simpatico/a, piacevole; (taste, smell, meal) → buono/a; (attractive, pretty) → carino/a, bello/a
he’s a nice man → è una brava persona, è un uomo simpatico
he was very nice about it → è stato molto gentile
be nice to him → sii gentile con lui
how nice you look! → come stai bene!
did you have a nice time? → ti sei divertito?
it’s nice here → si sta bene qui

b. (iro) → bello/a
that’s a nice thing to say! → sono cose da dirsi, queste?
you’ve got us into a nice mess! → ci hai messo in un bel pasticcio

d. (intensifier) (fam) → bello/a + adj
he gets nice long holidays → le sue vacanze sono belle lunghe
it’s nice and warm here → è bello caldo qui, c’è un bel calduccio qui
nice and early → di buon’ora

e. (frm) (subtle, distinction) → sottile, fine

nice

(nais) adjective

1. pleasant; agreeable. nice weather; a nice person.

2. used jokingly. We’re in a nice mess now.

3. exact; precise. a nice sense of timing.

ˈnicely adverbnicety (ˈnaisəti) – plural ˈniceties – noun

a precise or delicate detail.

to a nicety

exactly. He judged the distance to a nicety.

nice

→ لَطِيفٌ příjemný rar nett συμπαθητικός amable mukava agréable lijep gradevole すてきな 좋은 mooi hyggelig miły agradável, legal приятный trevlig ดี hoş dễ chịu 美好的

nice

a. delicado-a, fino-a, bueno-a;

adv. finamente, delicadamente;

nicely done → bien hecho.

We’re having a nice time (US)
We are having a nice time (UK)
Where is there a nice bar?
It doesn’t taste very good (US)
It doesn’t taste very nice (UK)

Источник

Other forms: nicer; nicest

To be nice is to be pleasant and good-natured. Polite people and sunny days are nice.

Nice people and situations are enjoyable and don’t cause problems. If you say something rude (or honest) to your sibling, your parents might say «Be nice!» This word is a little vague and overused. Like interesting, it’s hard to know what people really mean when they say nice. One meaning is easier to figure out: if you score a goal in hockey, that was a nice shot. That means you were skillful and did well — you shot the puck nicely.

Definitions of nice

adjective

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

“»what a
nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty»- George Meredith”

“nice manners”

“a
nice dress”

“a
nice face”

“a
nice day”

“had a
nice time at the party”

“the corn and tomatoes are
nice today”

Synonyms:

good

agreeable or pleasing

pleasant

(of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

pleasant

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
adjective

exhibiting courtesy and politeness

“a
nice gesture”

synonyms:

courteous, gracious

polite

showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
adjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

“a
nice girl”

synonyms:

decent

respectable

characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
adjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

“too
nice about his food to take to camp cooking”

synonyms:

dainty, overnice, prissy, squeamish

fastidious

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
adjective

done with delicacy and skill

“a
nice bit of craft”

“a job requiring
nice measurements with a micrometer”

“a
nice shot”

synonyms:

skillful

precise

sharply exact or accurate or delimited

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