Nice

Nice  (ns)

A city of southeast France on the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Cannes. Controlled by various royal houses after the 13th century, the city was finally ceded to France in 1860. It is the leading resort city of the French Riviera. Population: 348,000.

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nice  (ns)

adj. nic·er, nic·est

1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time.

2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance: a nice dress; a nice face.

3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness: a nice gesture.

4. Of good character and reputation; respectable.

5. Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.

6. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle: a nice distinction; a nice sense of style.

7. Done with delicacy and skill: a nice bit of craft.

8. Used as an intensive with and: nice and warm.

9. Obsolete

a. Wanton; profligate: "For when mine hours/Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives/Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).

b. Affectedly modest; coy: "Ere . . . /The nice Morn on th' Indian steep,/From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).

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[Middle English, foolish, from Old French, from Latin nescius, ignorant, from nescre, to be ignorant; see nescience.]

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nicely adv.

niceness n.

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nice

Adjective

1. pleasant

2. kind: it's really nice of you to worry about me

3. good or satisfactory: a nice clean operation

4. subtle: a nice distinction [Old French: simple, silly]

nicely adv
niceness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Nice - a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Adj.	1.	nice - pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today" pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" nasty, awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
	2.	nice - socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" decent respectable - characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman"
	3.	nice - done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" skillful precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
	4.	nice - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" overnice, squeamish, prissy, dainty fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
	5.	nice - exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" courteous, gracious polite - showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

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nice

adjective 1. pleasant, delightful, agreeable, good, attractive, charming, pleasurable, enjoyable << OPPOSITE unpleasant

2. kind, helpful, obliging, considerate << OPPOSITE unkind

adjective 3. likable or likeable, friendly, engaging, charming, pleasant, agreeable, amiable, prepossessing

adjective 4. polite, cultured, refined, courteous, genteel, well-bred, well-mannered << OPPOSITE vulgar

adjective 5. precise, fine, careful, strict, accurate, exact, exacting, subtle, delicate, discriminating, rigorous, meticulous, scrupulous, fastidious << OPPOSITE vague

Translations

Nice [niːs] n → Niza

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nice [naɪs] adj (= likeable) → simpático, majo (= kind); amable (= pleasant); agradable (= attractive); bonito, mono; [distinction] → fino; [taste, smell, meal] → rico

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nice [naɪs] adj [holiday, trip, taste] → agréable; [flat, picture] → joli(e); [person] → gentil(le); [distinction, point] → subtil(e)

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Nice [niːs] n → Nizza nt

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nice [naɪs] adj → nett;

(holiday, weather, picture etc) → schön;

(taste) → gut;

(person, clothes etc) → hübsch

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Nice [niːs] n → Nizza

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nice [naɪs] adj [holiday, trip] → piacevole; [flat, picture] → bello/a; [person] → simpatico/a, gentile; [taste, smell, meal] → buono/a; [distinction, point] → sottile

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nice

adj nice [nais]

1 pleasant; agreeable nice weather; a nice person. aangenaam لَطيف приятен hezký; příjemný, milý dejlig; pæn freundlich ευχάριστος, συμπαθητικός, ευγενικός amable, simpático kena زیبا mukava beau, gentil נֶחמַד अच्छा dobar,ugodan kellemes, szép menyenangkan notalegur bello; gentile 快い 좋은, 즐거운 malonus, puikus, gražus patīkams, jauks baik mooi/aardig fin, hyggelig, sympatisk miły, przyjemny simpático frumos, plăcut приятный, милый príjemný prijeten fin vacker, trevlig ดี hoş, güzel, iyi 美好的 гарний; приємний عمدہ tốt 美好的

2 used jokingly We're in a nice mess now. regte ظَريف шег. хубав pěkný lækker schön ωραίος (ειρωνικά) bonito paras دلپذير varsinainen beau, joli “נֶחמַד” सुहाना, सुहावना, आकर्षक, मनोरंजक, बढ़िया, सुंदर slatko,dražesno „szép” hebat þokkalegur bello ひどい ?구어? 귀찮은, 난처한 geras, puikus pamatīgs menarik mooi nydelig, fin niezły lindo de toată frumuseţea хорошенький pekný krasen fin snygg, fin, skön สุภาพ (şakayla) kötü, berbat (反語)糟透的 славний خوب hay ho （反语）糟透的

3 exact; precise a nice sense of timing. goeie دَقيق، مَضْبوط точен přesný nøjagtig genau ακριβής preciso täpne صحیح tarkka précis טוֹב अत्यंत, नपा-तुला, ठीक-ठीक točan,istančan pontos tepat nákvæmur buono, preciso ちょうどよい 정밀한 subtilus, tikslus precīzs; smalks tepat goed nøyaktig, presis subtelny, precyzyjny preciso fin точный; острый; тонкий presný točen dobar känslig, exakt แน่นอน kesin, tam 敏銳的，精確的 точний, пунктуальний اچھا، صحيح chính xác 敏锐的，精确的

adv nicely

mooi, netjies بِلَطافَه добре pěkně dejligt; pænt; lækkert; nøjagtigt fein ωραία, πολύ καλά agradablemente kenasti نکته باريک mukavasti bien, gentiment יָפֶה, הֵיטֵב अच्छे से lijepo,ugodno pontosan, jól, szépen dengan baik vingjarnlega; laglega; ágætlega bene, piacevolmente うまく 좋게, 잘 gražiai, maloniai, puikiai, subtiliai labi, jauki dengan cantik, menarik aardig fint, nøyaktig przyjemnie agradavelmente bine; amabil мило; хорошо pekne dobro fino trevligt อย่างดี pek iyi, çok iyi, pekâla 恰好,精細地 добре, гарно عمدگي سے một cách vui vẻ 恰好,精细地

n nicety [ˈnaisəti]

a precise or delicate detail. noukeurigheid بالتَّفْصيل прецизност přesnost, jemnost finesse die Feinheit λεπτομέρεια sutileza nüanss ظرافت hieno vivahde raffinement דִיוּק व्योरा preciznost,točnost finom részlet ketepatan smáatriði, nákvæmnisatriði accuratezza, precisione 正確 미묘[]한 점, 세부 subtilybė, vingrybė būtiska detaļa perbezaan yang kecil detail finesse, fin detalj, nøyaktighet finezja delicadeza detaliu тонкость; мелкие подробности presnosť, jemnosť natančnost, podrobnost finesa precision, noggrannhet ความแม่นยำ ince nokta, püf noktası 精確 чіткість; пунктуальність مختصر اور نازک تفصيل những chi tiết nhỏ 精确

to a nicety

exactly He judged the distance to a nicety. presies, noukeurig بالضَّبْط، بِدِقَّه съвършено (na chlup) přesně nøjagtigt aufs Genauste με ακρίβεια con suma precisión, a la perfección täpselt احتياط؛ دقت tarkalleen exactement בְּדִיוּק ठीक-ठीक preciznost,potankost pontosan dengan tepat nákvæmlega esattamente, alla perfezione 精密に 정확하게 tiksliai precīzi dengan tepat precies nøyaktig dokładnie com exactidão cu precizie точно presne natančno precizno på pricken, precis แม่นยำ bütün ayrıntılarıyla, inceden inceye 準確 точно بروقت، ٹھيک طور پر sự chính xác 准确