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10 Language-to-English DictionariesNice
/naɪs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Pleasurable, attractive, agreeable, or satisfying.
"We had a really nice time at the park yesterday." - 2
Kind, friendly, and polite in character or behavior.
"She is a very nice person who always helps her neighbors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French word nice, meaning 'foolish, ignorant, or clumsy', which itself traces back to the Latin nescius, meaning 'ignorant' (from ne- 'not' + scire 'to know'). Over centuries, the meaning shifted drastically from 'foolish' to 'dainty, precise', then to 'agreeable', and finally by the late 18th century into the ubiquitous general term of approval we use today.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nice" is said worldwide
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gentil
Transliteration: zhã-tee
"C'est un garçon très gentil."
nett
Transliteration: net
"Das ist ein sehr netter Mensch."
gentile
Transliteration: dʒenˈtiːle
"Lui è una persona molto gentile."
agradable
Transliteration: aɣɾaˈdaβle
"Tuvimos un día muy agradable."
legal
Transliteration: leˈɡaw
"Foi uma viagem muito legal."
अच्छा
Transliteration: achchha
"यह एक बहुत अच्छा दिन है।"
友好
Transliteration: yǒuhǎo
"他是一个非常友好的人。"
좋은
Transliteration: joeun
"오늘 날씨가 참 좋은네요."
親切な
Transliteration: shinsetsu na
"彼女はとても親切な人です。"
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