nicchiare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nikˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: nic‧chià‧re

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *nīdiculāre (to stay in one's nest), from Latin nīdus (nest).

Verb

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nicchiàre (first-person singular present nìcchio, first-person singular past historic nicchiài, past participle nicchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to hesitate, to shilly-shally [auxiliary avere]
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Etymology 2

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From nicchia +‎ -are.

Verb

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nicchiàre (first-person singular present nìcchio, first-person singular past historic nicchiài, past participle nicchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic or literary)

  1. to place in a niche
  2. to put, to place
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