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Nike
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Niké
English
+ (mythology)
+ Inc.
thumb|right|The goddess Nike
thumb|right|A Nike shoe
Etymology
From en grc Νίκη, from grc νίκη victory.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnaɪkiː/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Denendaden-Nike.wav US
en aɪki 2
Proper noun
en Greek god The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.
en astronomy 307 Nike, a main belt asteroid.
Translations
Greek goddess of victory
Bulgarian: bg Ни́ке f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼刻 Níkè
Danish: da Nike f
Dutch: nl Nikè f
Finnish: fi Nike f
French: fr Niké f
German: de Nike f
Greek: el Νίκη f
Ancient Greek: grc Νίκη f
Hebrew: he ניקה f
Hindi: hi नाइकी f
Hungarian: hu Niké
Italian: it Nike
Japanese: ja ニーケー Nīkē
Korean: ko ^니케
Latin: la Nice f
Lithuanian: lt Nikė f
Polish: pl Nike f
Portuguese: pt Nice f
Russian: ru Ни́ка f, ru Нике f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ника f
Latin: sh Nika f
Slovene: sl Nike f
Spanish: es Niké, es Nice
Swedish: sv Nike f
Turkish: tr Nike f
Ukrainian: uk Ніка f
See also
en Victoria
Noun
en usually in the plural An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear produced or licensed by athletic brand Nike.
en w:Ron Luciano; David Fisher The Fall of the Roman Umpire w:Bantam Books 1986 1987 211 0-553-26133-9 One day Billy Madlock wore two different spikes, a Nike on his left foot for something like fifteen thousand dollars and an Adidas on his right foot for ten thousand.
en E&P 2003 3 In fact, a whole cottage industry seems to have developed around the world’s floating debris, so if you should find a Nike on the beach, check the serial number on the insole then contact the nearest oceanographic institute.
en Ronald K. Fried My Father’s Fighter The Permanent Press 2004 978-1-5040-2404-4 “Your shoes don’t match,” I say. “I know,” Mickey says, and as he answers he keeps jogging forward, but stops throwing punches. “The Nikes give me shin splints and the Asics hurt my knees, so I wear a Nike on my left foot where I have the bad knee and I wear the Asics on my right foot where the shin splints are worse.”
en Janey Mack Time’s Up w:Kensington Books 2015 114 978-1-61773-690-2 Next came the shoes. One at a time. I peered out from beneath the tree. A skinny woman in a hot pink satin bra leaned out the window, holding a Nike in optimum pitching position. A grubby, shirtless guy in sweatpants and bare feet rushed out of the building. “Jenna!” he screamed. “You bitch! Don’t you dare!” “Bite me!” Jenna threw the Nike.
Anagrams
en eikn Enki inke kine kine-
Chinese
Etymology
From yue en Nike.
Pronunciation
nai1 ki2 pn
Proper noun
zh proper noun
zh HKC Nike company
Synonyms
耐克
German
Etymology 1
From de grc Νίκη, from grc νίκη victory.
Pronunciation
de /ˈniːkə/ /ˈniːke/
de De-Nike.ogg
Proper noun
f.gen:-:s[without the article]
de Greek mythology Nike
Declension
f.gen:-:s[without the article].sg
Etymology 2
From the brand, from de en Nike, from the Greek word in etymology 1.
Pronunciation
de /naɪ̯k/ /ˈnaɪ̯ki/
The monosyllabic form, which is based on the most common British English pronunciation, was strongly predominant in the 1990s and is still frequently heard, potentially even from speakers who know that the company’s own preferred pronunciation is disyllabic.
Proper noun
n
Nike company
Noun
m,(s),s
a Nike shoe
Japanese
Romanization
ニケ
Polish
pl:
Etymology 1
pl grc Νίκη, from grc νίκη victory.
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Nike.wav
Proper noun
f yes
en Nike Greek goddess
Etymology 2
From the American brand, from pl en Nike, from pl grc Νίκη.
Pronunciation
najki Ni.ke
Proper noun
f yes
en Nike company
Further reading
pl Greek deities
Portuguese
Etymology
From the brand, from pt en Nike, from pt grc Νίκη. pt Nice.
Pronunciation
pt /ˈnai.ki/ [ˈnaiki]
Proper noun
f
en Nike company
Spanish
Etymology 1
es:+ (mitología)
es grc Νίκη, from grc νίκη victory.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Nike Greek goddess
Etymology 2
es:
From es en Nike, from es grc Νίκη.
Pronunciation
naik Naiki +
Proper noun
en Nike company