nicher

English

Verb

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

nicher

1. comparative form of niche: more niche

Anagrams

• Rhenic, enrich, incher, rhenic, richen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ʃe/

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Verb

nicher

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

Conjugation

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).

Derived terms

• nicheur
• dénicher

Related terms

• niche

Further reading

• “nicher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chiner

Scots

Verb

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.