næs
Icelandic
/naiːs/
adjective
Definitions
- (slang) nice, cool
Etymology
Derived from English nice derived from Old French nice derived from Latin nescius (ignorant, unaware, not knowing).
Origin
Latin
nescius
Gloss
ignorant, unaware, not knowing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Niceville English
- nice English
- nice-looking English
- niceish English
- niceling English
- nicely English
- nicen English
- niceness English
- nicery English
- nicety English
- outnice English
- overnice English
- renice English
- seminice English
- supernice English
- unnice English
- nescius Latin
- scius Latin
- nescio Italian
- nice Dutch, Flemish
- nice French
- ナイス Japanese
- ナイスショット Japanese
- nyce Middle English
- nice Old French
- 奶思 Chinese
- nesçio Old Spanish
- naispela Tok Pisin
- néscio Ligurian