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niche

UK/niːʃ/ US/nɪt͡ʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

  • “he found his niche in the academic world”
2.
3.

an enclosure that is set back or indented

Synonyms
4.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“to make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nide via Latin and nest via Proto-Indo-European; also related to nyas.

Phrases

  • fundamental niche
  • niche market
  • niche marketing

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