nicchia

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnik.kja/ Rhymes: -ikkja Hyphenation: nìc‧chia === Etymology 1 === Probably from nicchiare. ==== Noun ==== nicchia f (plural nicchie) niche cavity, hollow (in a hill etc.) ===== Derived terms ===== di nicchia rannicchiare === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== nicchia inflection of nicchiare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === nicchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === nnicchia === Etymology === Compare Italian nicchia, French niche, ultimately likely from Latin nīdus (“nest”). === Noun === nicchia f (plural nicchi) niche (cavity in a wall, usually for statues, etc.) niche (one's profession, speciality) èssiri nta la so nicchia ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “to be in one's niche”) a small part; a bit === References === Traina, Antonino (1868), “nìcchia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2718 Pasqualino (c. 1790), “nicchia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 296