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Niçois

/niːswɑː/

Niçois adjective: of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Adjective

Niçois (comparative more Niçois, superlative most Niçois)

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Proper noun

Niçois

  1. The dialect of Occitan spoken in the Nice area.
    • [La Remembrança Nissarda] runs weekly lessons in the Niçois language and chants niçois (traditional Niçois songs and chants), and cultural workshops on Niçois history, carnival traditions and cuisine nissarde (local cooking).2007, Nicola Williams, Catherine Le Nevez, Provence & the Côte d'Azur

Noun

Niçois (plural Niçois)

  1. (uncommon) An inhabitant of Nice.
    Synonyms:
    Nissard, Nicaean

Synonyms of Niçois

Forms of Niçois

Adjective
comparativemore Niçois
superlativemost Niçois
Noun
pluralNiçois

Origin of Niçois

Unadapted borrowing from French Niçois.

Questions about Niçois

What does Niçois mean?
Niçois means of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
What part of speech is Niçois?
Niçois can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Niçois?
Niçois is pronounced /niːswɑː/.

Words near Niçois in the dictionary

  1. Nizzard
  2. nizzie
  3. nizzies
  4. nizzle
  5. nizzles
  6. Niçois
  7. Niçoise
  8. Niçoise olive
  9. Niçoise olives
  10. Niçoise salad
  11. Niçoise salads

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