nice

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
  2. adjective pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - George Meredith
  3. adjective socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

Etymology

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

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