nife
noun
nife is a noun meaning “The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-I-F-E, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nife mean?
noun
- 1
The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron.
- 2
Alternative form of NiFe.
noun
- 1
Rechargeable battery with nickel and iron electrodes.
- 2
Alternative form of nife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nife?
Nife appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does nife come from?
Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).