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WordReference English-Russian Dictionary © 2023:
| Главные переводы | ||
| английский | русский | |
| nice adj | (considerate) | внимательный, любезный прил |
| That nice man helped me across the street. | ||
| Этот любезный мужчина помог мне перейти дорогу. | ||
| nice adj | (friendly) | хороший, добрый, симпатичный, милый прил |
| Phil is a very nice person. | ||
| Фил очень милый человек. | ||
| nice adj | (pleasant) | приятный, хороший прил |
| The weather is nice today. | ||
| Погода сегодня приятная. | ||
| nice adj | (attractive) | привлекательный, симпатичный, милый прил |
| That house looks nice, now that it is freshly painted. | ||
| Этот дом выглядит привлекательно после покраски. |
Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
nice [niːs]
adj прия́тный*прия́тен , хоро́ший*хоро́ш (attractive) симпати́чный*симпати́чен
to look nice хорошо́ вы́глядеть*(impf)
that’s very nice of you о́чень ми́ло с Ва́шей стороны́
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.
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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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)
n
(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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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)
n.
a seaport in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort. 342,439.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
nice
, nicety — Nice first meant «foolish, ignorant,» derived from Latin nescius, «ignorant»; nicety first meant «stupidity.»
See also related terms for ignorant.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
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» |
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| 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» |
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| 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. |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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)
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
nice
a. delicado-a, fino-a, bueno-a;
adv. finamente, delicadamente;
nicely done → bien hecho.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- 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)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
Yes, nicer is in the scrabble dictionary
…and is worth 9 points.
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nicer
adjective
1. Comparative form of nice.
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I can see no reason why there should not be a comparative of the adjective ‘nice’ when used as meaning ‘pleasant or agreeable’; nor does the poster present one.
It may be that some linguistic pedants feel that because one of the earlier meanings of nice expressed the absolute idea of ‘precise, fine’, for which there was no comparison, this should carry over to other meanings. But that is not how languages work — new meaning, new usage.
There is ample evidence that ‘nicer’ has been in use since the 19th century — you just need to do a Google Books ngram search. Some examples:
Daisy, by Susan Bogert Warner, 1868
I think a vase of flowers would be a great deal nicer,” I said.
Oliver Beaumont and Lord Latimer, by Lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby, 1873
“I mean that I think your plan as it is is so very nice, I would not try to make it nicer.”
I accept that the word ‘nice’ itself is weak in force, and an educated adult would use an alternative in many cases. In this respect it is interesting that both of these and some other 19th century examples are from children’s books, although they do not jar particularly. However if ‘nice’ is or was acceptable in this context, surely the comparative, ‘nicer’ should also be.
Even in its meaning as ‘precise, fine’, we find in the New England Journal of Dentistry for 1882
For if the impulse to development is given from without by the environment, these organs must be continually improved so as to perceive the nicer and nicer distinctions in the environment which will be the means of elevating the mind.
There seems to have been a decline in usage in the early 20th century (perhaps paralleling a discouragement of the use of ‘nice’), although
in 1920 Hilaire Belloc, very much tongue-in-cheek, used the superlative, ‘nicest’, in:
The nicest child I ever knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortescue.
But returning to ‘nicer’, more mundane examples can be found in the mid century:
Unemployment Compensation Interpretation Service: Benefit series, 1948
…she would be required to purchase new clothes of good quality suitable for sales work in one of the nicer places…
The poster asks “Has the language changed?”. Of course it has — although not on the timescale the question suggests for this particular case. Language changes continually. And certainly an examination of the ngram cited above shows a steep rise in use in the 21st century, in both British and American writing. Presumably it is considered ‘nicer’ than it once was.
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Of course it is 
It’s nice — nicer — nicest.
And remember — there’s no such thing as a «real word.» If a word
is used and people understand it, then it is just as «real» as any
word in any dictionary, or any word approved by your English
teacher! How else would new words be invented?
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