different between nyc vs nic

English

Etymology

A shortened spelling of nice; y often represents ? (as distinct from i = ?) in spellings of this kind.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /na?s/
• Homophone: nice

Adjective

nyc (comparative nycer, superlative nycest)

1. (nonstandard) nice
   • 1999: bertvc, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): CROWNIN MS.BERT --KWEEN UV DUH MAY, the 13^th day of May at 7 o’clock a.m.

     An efun tho da weather is nycer now there is still lotsa strays dat need fud.

   • 2000: katkrazy>, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): OH NO! Bathed!, the 15^th day of April at 7 o’clock a.m.

     Thu EERS is owers, an yu must haffa nycest wun, kos yuse myne speshal gurl…

   • 2010: Rohit Agarwal, Hospitality & Public Relations (Google group): Great Work!, the 8^th day of January at 9:09am

     gud abhay… hahahah… nyc one… :P

Anagrams

• CNY, cyn-

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

Noun

nic (uncountable)

1. (slang) nicotine

Anagrams

• -cin, CIN, ICN, INC, Inc, Inc., NCI, inc, inc.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???t?s]
• Rhymes: -?ts

Pronoun

nic

1. nothing, not any thing

   Antonym: n?co

Declension

Derived terms

• ni?it

Related terms

Further reading

• nic in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nic in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Old English

Alternative forms

• nih, ni??

Etymology

ne- +? i?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nit??/

Pronoun

ni?

1. not I, not me

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ni??to, from Proto-Indo-European *ney + *k?is + *to. The "cz-less" form nic is from Proto-Slavic *ni??so (originally Proto-Slavic *ni?eso), an (archaic and synchronically irregular) variant of genitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?it?s/

Pronoun

nic

1. nothing, not any thing.

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• nic in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nic in Polish dictionaries at PWN