nid

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See also: NID, níd, nið, and níð

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nid (plural nids)

  1. Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”)
    • 1884, William Carnegie, Practical game preserving, page 15:
      Owing to the size of the enclosure, most of the hens will commence their laying and nesting operations in the same or similar manner to unrestrained birds, forming their nids, and proceeding in the usual way. The aim of the mode of introducing pheasants here described is […]

Etymology 2

Noun

nid

  1. (linguistics) Initialism of noun inanimate dependent.
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Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nid, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nid m (plural nids)

  1. nest
    • 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
      L’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid
      The swallow and the warbler, it's the forest that told me / The swallow and the warbler have already made their nests
  2. (military) Some people or dangerous things, hidden or not
    Nid de mitrailleuses
    machine gun nest
    Nid d’espions
    spy's nest

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

nid

  1. inflection of nead:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin nīdus.

Noun

nid m

  1. nest

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin nīdus.

Noun

nid m (plural nids)

  1. (Guernsey) nest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, sense 2 being a semantic loan from German Neid. Doublet of ni-.

Noun

nid n (definite singular nidet, uncountable)

  1. (archaic or historical) mockery, defamation, shame
  2. (literary) envy, hatred, animosity

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate with Old English nīþ, Old Norse níð.

Noun

nīd m

  1. envy
  2. hate
  3. malice

Declension

Declension of nīd (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative nīd nīda
accusative nīd nīda
genitive nīdes nīdo
dative nīde nīdum
instrumental nīdu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: nīt

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Romagnol

Noun

nid m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

  1. nest

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate of Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ), German Neid, Dutch nijd.

Noun

nid n

  1. (archaic or archaizing) scornful mockery

Usage notes

Mostly as part of compounds.

Declension

Declension of nid 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nid nidet nid niden
Genitive nids nidets nids nidens

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Adverb

nid

  1. not

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 vi
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