nicene

1. 1.

   of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor

   SynonymsNicaean

Other forms of nicene

comparative

nicener·

superlative

nicenest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nicene

What does nicene mean?

nicene means "of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor".

How many syllables are in nicene?

nicene has 2 syllables: ni-cene. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for nicene?

Close synonyms include Nicaean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nicene a common word?

nicene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.