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”)

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French

Etymology

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)
present participle nichant
/ni.ʃɑ̃/
past participle niché
/ni.ʃe/
infinitive
simple nicher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple nichant
/ni.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Scots

Verb

nicher (third-person singular present nichers, present participle nicherin, past nichert, past participle nichert)

  1. To nicker; to make a soft neighing sound.
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