nide

See also: Nide

English
WOTD – 10 October 2019

Etymology
A nide of young common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)[n 1]

Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle French nid (modern French nid (“nest”)), or its etymon Latin nīdus (“nest”)[1] (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

nide (plural nides)

  1. (archaic) A nest of pheasants.
    Synonym: nye

Translations

Notes
  1. From William T[homas] Shaw (1908) The China or Denny Pheasant in Oregon: With Notes on the Native Grouse of the Pacific Northwest, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: J. B. Lippincott Company, OCLC 820748057, plate 6.

References
  1. “nide, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003; “nide” (US) / “nide” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Further reading

Anagrams

Finnish

(index ni)

Etymology

From nitoa. Coined by Reinhold von Becker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnideˣ/, [ˈnide̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧de
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

nide

  1. volume (a single book)

Declension
Inflection of nide (Kotus type 48/hame, t-d gradation)
nominative nide niteet
genitive niteen niteiden
niteitten
partitive nidettä niteitä
illative niteeseen niteisiin
niteihin
singular plural
nominative nide niteet
accusative nom. nide niteet
gen. niteen
genitive niteen niteiden
niteitten
partitive nidettä niteitä
inessive niteessä niteissä
elative niteestä niteistä
illative niteeseen niteisiin
niteihin
adessive niteellä niteillä
ablative niteeltä niteiltä
allative niteelle niteille
essive niteenä niteinä
translative niteeksi niteiksi
instructive — nitein
abessive niteettä niteittä
comitative — niteineen

Latin

Noun

nīde

  1. vocative singular of nīdus
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