Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nige

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: nige
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A diminutive of the male given name Nigel.

Australian usage; British usage

noun

Synonym of Nigel.

Australian usage

name

Abbreviation of Nigerian English.

Example Sentences

"No sane person intends to go down a path where Saturdays are spent changing from jeans to a Dothraki pelt-skin costume in the back of a Ford Focus in a Milton Keynes conference centre car-park before meeting their friend Nige (him of the egg-box dragon costume and blow-torch mouth o' fire effect) but cosplay has to start somewhere."
"Many NigE slang expressions have a short life, while others have more staying power, and some, like gist, described earlier, are perhaps colloquial rather than slang."

Etymology

Clipping of Nigel.

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

Niges (plural)

Synonyms

Nigel

Rhymes With

oblige

Questions

What does nige mean?: A diminutive of the male given name Nigel.
Where does nige come from?: Clipping of Nigel.

How to pronounce nige

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