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Definitions: Niche |
NicheNoun1. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world". 2. A small concavity. 3. An enclosure that is set back or indented. 4. (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "niche" was first used: 1611. (references) |
Etymology: Niche \Niche\, noun. [French expression, from Italian nicchia, prop., shell-like recess in wall, from nicchio shellfish, mussel, from the Latin expression mytilus.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Avian | Multidimensional utilization distribution, giving a population's use of resources ordered along resource axes (Schoener 1989:79). (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | A)the ultimate unit of the habitat, i. e. the specific spot occupied by an individual organism; b)by extension, the more or less specialised relationships existing between an organism, individual or synusia(e), and its environment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Business | A focused, targetable part of a market. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The ultimate unit of the habitat, i. e. the specific spot occupied by an individual organism; by extension, the more or less specialized relationships existing between an organism, individual or synusia(e), and its environment. (references) |
Literature | Niche A niche in the Temple of Fame. The Temple of Fame was the Pantheon, converted (1791) into a receptacle for illustrious Frenchmen. A niche in the temple is a place for a monument recording your name and deeds. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: Common to the standard dictionary definition. Definition: Where a skater decides to skate, his/her habitat. Context: The locations within the hometown of a skater where he/she goes with frequency to skate and meet friends. This can be at a skate park or a certain building or street. Social Source: Skaters. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In ecology, a niche is a term describing the position of a species or population in an ecosystem.
The description of a niche may include descriptions of the organism's life history, habitat, position in the food chain. According to the principle of mutual exclusivity, no two species can occupy the same niche in the same environment.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ecological niche."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NICHE | English | Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: NicheSynonyms: corner (n), ecological niche (n), recess (n), recession (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. |
Angularity | Corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign. |
Identification | Verb: identify, recognize, match, match up; classify; recall, remember; (memory); find similarity (similarity); put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement). |
Place | Noun: place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook; (corner); hole; pigeonhole; (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality; (situation). |
Receptacle | Compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave; (concavity). |
Repute | Memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Niche |
| English words defined with "niche": Ambry ♦ Beaufet ♦ ecological niche, Enniche ♦ Gablet ♦ Niched ♦ Piscina ♦ Semidome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "niche": broken-ring network ♦ GDB ♦ killer micro ♦ languages of choice ♦ oecological niche ♦ shelter hole, Sneck Posset. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Niche" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (alcove, kennel, niche, prank, recess, screw). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And in the absence of a repressive milieu, your societal niche has been co-opted. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) A man has dreams of walking with giants To carve his niche in the edifice of time. (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Niche (2002) The Lamp in the Niche (1990) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Niche Point in Bear Creek.Credit: Unknown. |  | Unidentified memorial with figure, possibly a warrior, in niche above panel with inscription and flanking urn. Perspective sketch elevation study.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | HST need not fear his historical niche -- unequaled, he soaked the poor and also the rich.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | If dreams came true. The traction co. manager's ideal--when every passenger shall find his proper niche / Herbert Johnson.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Michael Taradash, residence in Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York. Dining room, to niche.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lester Wolff, residence. Living room, to niche.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Detail of columbarium niche.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bloomingdale's, business in Hackensack, New Jersey. Junior niche.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Franciscan Monastery, 14th and Quincy Sts. N.E. Virgin Mary statue in niche to right of metal fence.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | National Cathedral interiors. Carving on Mellon niche in National Cathedral I.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Foreign companies could find a market niche. (references) | |
Families with children are a major target niche market. (references) | ||
It is by far the largest market owing to its market niche. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | Used air-conditioners also have a niche market. (references) |
Chile | Higher-priced items must identify niche market segments to prosper. (references) | |
Australia | Most local manufacturers operate in niche markets and are strongly export-oriented. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Niche" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Niche" is used about 434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 434 | 13,249 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "niche": ecological niche ♦ find a niche in ♦ market niche ♦ niche oneself ♦ oecological niche ♦ put in its proper niche. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "niche": niche-audience, niche-marketing, niche-specific. | |
Ending with "niche": non-niche. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
niche | 369 |
niche wheels | 176 |
grupo niche | 122 |
niche rim | 117 |
niche marketing | 80 |
niche thumb | 31 |
niche market | 28 |
wall niche | 28 |
niche x | 25 |
grupo lyrics niche | 24 |
niche clothing | 20 |
niche site | 20 |
ava niche | 15 |
niche sitez | 14 |
niche business | 14 |
garden niche | 12 |
bella niche | 11 |
chien niche | 10 |
ecological niche | 10 |
niche road wheels | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "niche"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vend i ngrohtë, qoshe e ngrohtë (sinecure), kamare (dugout, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتحة (aperture, breach, gap, manhole, opening, orifice, overture, porthole, slash, slit, slot, vent), محراب (housing, sanctuary), مرمى سهام, مشكاة (lamp, lantern, pendant, recess), وضعه فى مشكاة, الموضع اللائق, ركن (corner, nook, shunt), شرفة (balcony, gulp, overhang, porch, slot, terrace, tier, traverse, veranda, verandah). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слагам в ниша (recess), намествам се в някое ъгълче, ниша (alcove, bay, housing, recess, recession), правя ниша в (recess), подходящо място (place), подходящо занятие. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 龕 (shrine), 适"位置, 壁龕 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nika, výklenek (alcove, bay, recess, stall), usadit se (reside, settle down, settle in), postavit do výklenku, opatřit výklenkem, místeèko (cosy spot), koutek (corner, inglenook, ingle-nook, nook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nyreloge (kidney bed, niche of the kidney), nyreleje (kidney bed, niche of the kidney), nicheceller (alveolar cells, niche cells), niche i bulbus duodeni (Barclay niche), hvis der foruden miljoets fysiske karakteristik tillige tages hensyn til den funktionelle natur af den gruppe, der bebor det, betegnes habitatet som en oekologisk niche (if in addition to the physical characteristics of the environment account is also taken of the functional nature of the group inhabiting it, this overall context is referred to as the latter's ecological niche), alveoleceller (alveolar cells, niche cells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nis (bay, recess, step). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | niĉo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | توی دیوارگذاشتن , تورفتگی دردیوار, طاقچه (Ledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syvennys (alcove, depression, recess, step). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | niche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nische (alcove, bay, booth, entry, recess, step). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόγχη (chill-mould, die-cast), κοίλωμα σε τοίχο, κοίλωμα τοίχου (recess), σηκόσ (alcove, enclosure), γωνιά (nook), θέση τοίχου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משקעת (alcove, nook), פ " (corner, nook, pinnacle, turn, turret), כוך (alcove, crypt, pit), 'ומח" (alcove, inglenook, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | falmélyedés (chase, tabernacle), fülke (box, cabin, chamber, chase, closet, compartment, subdivision, traverse), urnatartó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | relung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nicchia (arch, cavity, hollow, pot opening, recess, refuge hole, step). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 龕 (niche or alcove for an image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | が" (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, meal, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, overall, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, tray, virtue, vow, whole, wish, Zen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 벽감. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cooill (hidingplace, nook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ichenay nicho (alcove, break, corner, dinette, housing development, recess, refuge hole, step). (various references) nişã (alcove, bay, cubicle, recess), ungher (angle, corner, nest, nook, spot), refugiu (asylum, covert, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding, home, kennel, pied a terre, recourse, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), loc potrivit (place), firidã (alcove, recess), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support), aşeza într-o nişã. (various references) ниша (alcove, bay, dinette, housing, hovel, recess). (various references) cùil (angle, closet, corner, nook, recess). (various references) niša, utočište (anchor, asylum, harborage, harbourage, haunt, haven, refuge, shelter). (various references) nicho (alcove, ore pass, passage, recess, refuge hole, stable, stable-hole, step). (various references) nisch (alcove, bay). (various references) ช่องหรือโพรงบนผนังกำแพงที่ทำไว้เพื่อวางสิ่งบูชา. (various references) uygun yer, uygun bir yere yerleştirmek, oyuk (alcove, bore, burrow, cavern, cavity, excavation, gouge, hallow, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket), oyuğa koymak, işe yerleştirmek (job). (various references) схованка (cache, den, hideaway, hiding place, kennel, lurking place, shades), куток (corner, nook), ніша (alcove, bay, hovel, shanty), притулок (accommodation, asylum, bield, chimney, cover, harbour, nook, port, purlieu, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge, succor, succour), покласти в нишу. (various references) cloer (embracure, locker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. ab. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aediculam, aediculas, anguli, angulis, angulo, angulorum, angulos, angulum, angulus, mitulus, nidus. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | nicchia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "niche": niched, niches. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "niche": corniche, subniche. (additional references) | |
Words containing "niche": corniches, subniches. (additional references) | |
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"Niche" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biche, Giichi, inche, incho, Inchoh, inhe, Miche, michi, Nacae, nach, Nachar, nache, nacht, nacue, nahe, Nakhle, Namche, Nawch, nccae, nch, nech, Nechacv, Necho, Neghme, neiche, Neycho, nicea, nicen, Nich, niched, nicher, nichi, nichle, nicke, nicle, nicoe, nicohe, Nidhi, nieche, nieh, Niehof, nihat, nika, niki, nilche, nile, nimh, ninch, ninche, nioh, nische, nishe, Nishen, nitche, nithe, nocchi, noche, Nohc, nohe, Nouchi, ntcheu, nuch, Nyctea, Nyha, Oiche, Onich, Qichao, tiche, Xizhe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "niche" (pronounced ni"kh) |
| 3 | n i" kh | snitch. |
| 2 | -i" kh | bewitch, bitch, ditch, enrich, Fitch, glitch, hitch, ich, itch, kitsch, lich, pitch, rich, Stich, stitch, switch, twitch, unhitch, which, wich, witch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chine. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-n" | |
-1 letter: chin, cine, inch, nice. | |
-2 letters: chi, hen, hic, hie, hin, ice, ich. | |
-3 letters: eh, en, he, hi, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-n" | |
+1 letter: chaine, chined, chines, eching, echini, enrich, ethnic, hyenic, inched, inches, lichen, niched, niches, richen, zechin. | |
+2 letters: archine, benthic, birchen, chained, chaines, chewing, chewink, chicane, chicken, chidden, chimney, chinked, chinned, chinone, choline, chopine, chorine, cinched, cinches, cithern, cithren, conchie, echidna, echinus, echoing, elenchi, enchain, etching, ethnics, finches, hedonic, helicon, hircine, hyaenic, ichnite, kitchen, leching, lichens, machine, nephric, nitchie, peching, penuchi, phocine, phrenic, pinched, pincher, pinches, richens, sphenic, sthenic, technic, thicken, winched, wincher, winches, zecchin, zechins. | |
+3 letters: achenial, achiness, anechoic, archines, asthenic, atechnic, beaching, belching, benching, bunchier, camphine, catechin, cephalin, chainmen, chairmen, chancier, chanties, cheating, checking, cheeking, cheeping, cheering, cheesing, cheffing, chenille, chevying, chewinks, chicaned, chicaner, chicanes, chickens, chicness, children, chimneys, chinbone, chinches, chinkier, chinless, chinones, chintses, chintzes, chlorine, cholines, chopines, chorines, christen, chunkier, citherns, cithrens, clinched, clincher, clinches, cohering, cohesion, coinhere, conchies, corniche, echidnae, echidnas, echinate, echinoid, elenchic, enchains, enchoric, encipher, enriched, enricher, enriches, enthetic, etchings, ethician, ethnical, euchring, euphenic, euphonic, fetching, flinched, flincher, flinches, fuchsine, grinches, hacienda, haptenic, heckling, hedonics, helicons, hygienic, hyoscine, icekhana, ichnites, inarched, inarches, inchmeal, inchoate, intrench, jacinthe, kitchens, leaching, lecithin, leeching, letching, lichened, lichenin, machined, machines, mechanic, munchies, nitchies, ochering, painches, peaching, penuchis, perching, phenetic, phenolic, phenylic, phonemic, phonetic, pincheck, pinchers, pinochle, pinscher, pitchmen, prochein, punchier, reaching, retching, richened, richness, ruthenic, scheming, sithence, snitched, snitcher, snitches, subniche, teaching, technics, thickens, unheroic, welching, wenching, winchers, zecchini, zecchino, zecchins. | |
+4 letters: achieving, aitchbone, anarchies, anchorite, anchovies, anhedonic, antechoir, archfiend, asthenics, authentic, benthonic, bleaching, blenching, branchiae, branchier, breaching, breeching, bunchiest, cacheting, camphines, catechins, cathepsin, cephalins, chagrined, chanciest, chantries, chariness, chasseing, chatelain, chazzenim, checkrein, chelating, chelation, chelonian, chenilles, chicaners, chicanery, chickened, chieftain, chillness, chinaware, chinbones, chinchier, chinkiest, chintzier, chiseling, chlorines, chondrite, christens, chronaxie, chronicle, chunkiest, ciphering, ciphonies, clenching, clinchers, cochineal, coheading, cohesions, coinhered, coinheres, corniches, coshering, creeshing, crunchier, cushioned, cyphering, dehiscent, dehiscing, detaching, drenching, echinacea, echinoids, encashing, enchained, enchasing, enchilada, enciphers, enhancing, enrichers, enriching, epiphanic, eschewing, ethicians, ethnicity, ethylenic, eunuchism, eunuchoid, euphenics, euthenics, fleeching, flenching, fletching, flinchers, franchise, frenchify, frenching, fuchsines, haciendas, halocline, hectoring, hegemonic, hematinic, hesitance, hesitancy, hindrance, holocrine, hurricane, hygienics, hyoscines, icekhanas, ichneumon, inherence, isochrone, itchiness, jacinthes, kvetching, lechering, lecithins, lichening, lichenins, lichenous, lunchtime, lychnises, machinate, machinery, mechanics, mechanism, mechanist, mechanize, mischance, neolithic, nephritic, nephrotic, nonethnic, paunchier, phenacite, phenetics, phenolics, phonemics, phonetics, phrenetic, pinchbeck, pinchecks, pinochles, pinschers, pleaching, preaching, punchiest, quenching, raincheck, raunchier, rechewing, reechoing, rhinoceri, richening, schlieren, schnitzel, searching, selachian, sketching, snatchier, snitchers, sphincter, spinaches, squinched, squinches, stenchier, subniches, switchmen, synthetic, teachings, technical, technique, theogonic, thickened, thickener, thickness, threnodic, thylacine, tochering, touchline, trenching, trichinae, unchained, uncliched, unethical, unhitched, unhitches, vetchling, wrenching, zecchinos. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 63 68 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. -.-. .... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01100011 01101000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i c h e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0063 0068 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4875697471 |
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