Niche is Pronounced as “Nitch” or “Neesh”?

25 April 2008 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments

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So, how do YOU pronounce the word “niche”? As “nitch”, or “neesh”? See my pronunciation in the video below.

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  • Hmm....I always pronounced it "nishay"....
  • niche, niche, niche.
    Where did the "T" come from ?
  • raznick
    in michigan, it is niche.
  • Jim,

    Well, English first originated from England didn't it? Whether its British or American English, so I go with the rest of us in the UK and pronounce it 'neesh'.
  • It's 'neesh'. As in 'capiche'. Not 'capitch'. And there is no accent so it is not 'neeshay'.
  • soreco
    Nitch
  • Matt
    I vote nitch.
  • Nitch'e is correct the way I learned my English back in Germany ;)
  • You are German too? You are kidding, right?
  • The pronunciation is "Neesh". As you know, Niche is a French word. In French, the pronunciation is like "Neesh".
  • NITCH - for sure...
  • It's neesh, if we want to pronounce it the French way, and after all, it is a French word.
  • Sure, the French pronounce it "neesh," but who really wants to follow the French?
  • "Nitch" is the proper U.S. English pronunciation (duno about the Brit's or Ausies hehe), NeechE (short "e" like in thE or hElp ) is the German pronunciation. Gee, there has to come a foreigner along to explain the Americans their own language. It's like my Hungarian girlfriend who was correcting my German ;).
  • I say NITCH, but then I also say KELTIK....and I have French, English and Irish heritage - go figure. But then, the US *is* the melting pot, is it not??? Or at least it used to be before everyone became so *&^%*)!! PC about everything. SEESH! or is it SITCH????
  • I pronounce it "Neeshe" and I'm in the UK if that makes a difference :)
  • Serena
    definitely NEESH. No doubt in my mind.
  • ravinder
    ravinder

    Thank you
  • Jade
    I was completely convinced it was neesh to the point where I made fun of Paula Abdul on American Idol when she would repeatedly tell contestants "you found your nitch". Then I heard another (more influential) American pronounce it "nitch" and I began to wonder if maybe I had been to hard on poor Paula.

    I'm from the UK originally and now live in Canada. It seems to me that both pronounciations are acceptable, with nitch more commonly used in the US and neesh more common in UK and Canada. However, since it is a French word, I don't see the need to change the way it is said unless we have a difficulty as non-French speakers in saying it the same way (which we don't).

    In sum, I vote neesh!
  • wbliss
    I live in the USA. I have never ever heard it pronounced neesh. I never knew this was even an issue. In fact I would not know what you were talking had I heard neesh. Here in the USA we say nitch. I think maybe you are speaking a different language. After all this is how different languages get started. Same or similar spelling but pronounced totally different way. I vote nitch.
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