nicheur
French, adjective/ni.ʃœʁ/
nicheur is spelled N-I-C-H-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nicheur is a French adjective meaning “nesting (of a bird, that builds its own nest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit des oiseaux qui se construisent des nids, par opposition aux oiseaux de passage qui se reproduisent…”.
What does nicheur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nesting (of a bird, that builds its own nest)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit des oiseaux qui se construisent des nids, par opposition aux oiseaux de passage qui se reproduisent sur un autre territoire.
noun: 1. Oiseau nicheur. 2. Spécialiste de niche.
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 nicheur
- nicheuse feminine
- nicheurs masculine plural
- nicheuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nicheur?
- /ni.ʃœʁ/
- \ni.ʃœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nicheur in French?
nicheur appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).