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nife

nife noun: the innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron. Also the alternative form of NiFe.

Noun (1)

nife (uncountable)

  1. The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron.

Noun (2) capitalized: NiFe

NiFe (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) Rechargeable battery with nickel and iron electrodes.

Noun (3) capitalized: NiFe

NiFe

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of nife.

Also used as

nife is also the alternative form of NiFe.

Forms of nife

alternative formNife
alternative formNiFe

Origin of nife

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).

From translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).

Questions about nife

What does nife mean?
Nife means the innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron.
What part of speech is nife?
Nife is a noun.

Words near nife in the dictionary

  1. nievitas
  2. nievling
  3. Niezgoda
  4. Niezgodas
  5. NIFC
  6. nife
  7. nifedepine
  8. nifedipine
  9. nifedipines
  10. nifekalant
  11. nifenalol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nife (page history and authors); NiFe (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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