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Plural of niche

regular plural

The plural of niche is niches.

Forms of niche

Singularniche /niːʃ/
Pluralniches
Countablecountable

Niches in a sentence

  • In a smart energy network linked by a new transactive network, such niches could be discovered and filled.From the entry transactive
  • Windows and other details can be cobbed into place, and niches and reliefs are easy to create.2004, Joe Kennedy, Building Without Borders: Sustainable Construction for the Global Village, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry cob
  • Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 236. From the entry condottiere
  • Schroeder and colleagues found what they call a “carnivore gap”: a large swath of medium-size niches that were empty.2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times. From the entry dromaeosaur
  • All was immaculately in keeping, a duochrome of terracotta and brick, with niches for Elizabeth II matching those of her great-great grandparents, Victoria and Albert, on the North Porch.2010, Roger Williams, The Royal Albert Hall: A Masterpiece for the 21st Century. From the entry duochrome

Meaning of niche

  1. noun A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
  2. noun Any similar position, literal or figurative.
  3. noun Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.

Full definition of niche

Questions about the plural of niche

What is the plural of niche?
The plural of niche is niches.
Is niche countable?
Niche is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: niche (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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