nido

See also: nido-

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nido (“nest”), from Latin nīdus.

Noun

nido (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜇᜓ)

1. edible bird's nest made into nido soup in Chinese-Filipino cuisine

Finnish

Verb

nido

1. inflection of nitoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• dino

Italian

Alternative forms

• nidio

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Compare French nid, Spanish nido, Portuguese ninho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.do/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: nì‧do

Noun

nido m (plural nidi)

1. nest
2. (figurative) home
3. nursery school, preschool

   Synonyms: asilo, scuola dell'infanzia

Derived terms

• annidare
• nidaia
• nidare
• snidare

Related terms

• nicchia
• nicchiare
• nidamento
• nidiace
• nidiaceo
• nidiata
• nidiato
• nidicolo
• nidificare
• nidificio
• nidifugo
• nidulare

Anagrams

• Dino, Indo, doni, indo-, nodi, ondi

Japanese

Romanization

nido

1. Rōmaji transcription of にど

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.do]

Noun

nīdō

1. dative/ablative singular of nīdus

Narua

Noun

nido

1. rain

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniː.rə]
• Hyphenation: ni‧do

Noun

nido m (plural nide)

1. alternative form of nivo (“nest”)

References

• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “nido”, in Schedario Napoletano
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 515: “il nido della gallina” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-?

Proto-Indo-European *ní

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *nisdós

Proto-Italic *nisdos

Latin nīdus

Old Spanish nido

Spanish nido

Inherited from Old Spanish nido, from Latin nīdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnido/ [ˈni.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: ni‧do

Noun

nido m (plural nidos)

1. nest
2. (Philippines) edible bird's nest (commonly found in El Nido, Palawan and usually made into nido soup in Chinese restaurants)
3. (Latin America) daycare or daycare center

Derived terms

• anidar
• cama nido
• nidada
• nidal
• nido de abeja
• nido de ametralladoras
• nido de ave
• nidos de gungulén

Descendants

• → Cebuano: nido
• → Tagalog: nido

Further reading

• “nido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “nido”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 118

Anagrams

• Indo

Tagalog

Etymology

Tuyong nido

Sabaw ng nido

Borrowed from Spanish nido (“nest”), from Latin nīdus. See also El Nido (literally “The Nest”) in Palawan, where the edible bird's nest is historically harvested from by a busyador.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnido/ [ˈn̪iː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: ni‧do

Noun

nido (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜇᜓ)

1. edible bird's nest (commonly found in El Nido, Palawan and usually made into nido soup in Chinese restaurants)

Further reading

• “nido”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “nido”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tsuut'ina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nitɒ/

Noun

nido^?

1. lynx

References

• "Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." Youtube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc