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-niki

-niki is the plural of -nik.

Meaning of -nik

Suffix

-nik (noun-forming suffix, plural -niks or -niki or -nikim)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Used to form nouns denoting a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with a specified thing or quality, often a particular ideology or preference.

Origin of -niki

Borrowed from Russian -ники (-niki).

Questions about -niki

What is -niki the plural of?
-niki is the plural of -nik.

Words near -niki in the dictionary

  1. -nicline
  2. -nidazole
  3. -nidipine
  4. -nigger
  5. -nik
  6. -niki
  7. -nikim
  8. -niks
  9. -nom
  10. -nomial
  11. -nomicon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -niki (page history and authors); -nik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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