niche

niche  (nch, nsh)

n.

1. A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or urn.

2. A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock.

3.

a. A situation or activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature: found her niche in life.

b. A special area of demand for a product or service: "One niche that is approaching mass-market proportions is held by regional magazines" Brad Edmondson.

4. Ecology

a. The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community.

b. The particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.

tr.v. niched, nich·ing, nich·es

To place in a niche.

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[French, from Old French, from nichier, to nest (from Vulgar Latin *ndicre, from Latin ndus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots) or from Old Italian nicchio, seashell (perhaps from Latin mtulus, mussel).]

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niche [neesh]

Noun

1. a recess in a wall for a statue or ornament

2. a position exactly suitable for the person occupying it: perhaps I will find my niche in a desk job

Adjective

of or aimed at a specialist group or market: niche retailing ventures [Old French nichier to nest]

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niche  (nch, nsh)

The function or position of a species within an ecological community. A species's niche includes the physical environment to which it has become adapted as well as its role as producer and consumer of food resources. See also competitive exclusion principle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	niche - a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world" station, place - proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
	2.	niche - a small concavity recess, recession, corner pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	3.	niche - an enclosure that is set back or indented recess alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room apse, apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar cinerarium, columbarium - a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
	4.	niche - (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) ecological niche bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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niche

noun 1. recess, opening, corner, hollow, nook, alcove

noun 2. position, calling, place, slot (informal) vocation, pigeonhole (informal)

Translations

niche [niːʃ] n (ARCH) → nicho, hornacina

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niche [niːʃ] n (Archit) → niche f

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niche [niːʃ] n → Nische f (= job, position); Plätzchen nt