nichée
French, noun/ni.ʃe/
nichée is spelled N-I-C-H-É-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nichée is a French feminine noun meaning “litter (of dogs), brood (of birds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of niché. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animaux juvéniles qui n’ont pas encore quitté leur nid de naissance”.
What does nichée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelitter (of dogs), brood (of birds)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of niché
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animaux juvéniles qui n’ont pas encore quitté leur nid de naissance. 2. Une couvée d’oisillons dans leur nid.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nichée
- nichées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nichée?
- /ni.ʃe/
- \ni.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nichée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nichée in French?
nichée appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).