niais
French
adj
Definitions
- (falconry) Qualifies a falconry bird caught in the nest.
- vacuous, stupid
Etymology
Suffix from Latin nīdus (nest, a nest).
Origin
Latin
nīdus
Gloss
nest, a nest
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nidation English
- nidicolous English
- nidifugous English
- nidus English
- nidifico Latin
- nidiformis Latin
- nīdus Latin
- nido Italian
- niaisement French
- niaiserie French
- nid French
- nido Spanish, Castilian
- *nisdós Proto-Indo-European
- niche Old French
- niu Catalan, Valencian
- neada Galician
- neal Galician
- nial Galician
- niallo Galician
- nío Galician
- nid Middle French
- *nio, nio, nĩo Old Portuguese
- nio Old Portuguese
- *nizdos Proto-Italic
- nieru Asturian
- nît Friulian
- naid Dalmatian