English → Arabic
nice in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- laṭīf
- Arabizi
laTif- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Plural
- لُطَفَاء luṭafāʾ
- Root
- ل ط ف
Other meanings
- جَمِيل jamīl — nice (pleasant) · nice (pleasant)
- طَيِّب ṭayyib — nice (kind) · nice (kind)
How to use it
'Laṭīf' (لَطِيف) is the most direct translation for 'nice' when referring to a person's character or demeanor. However, depending on the context, other words might be more appropriate. 'Jamīl' (جَمِيل) is used for pleasant things like weather or scenery, and 'ṭayyib' (طَيِّب) often implies kindness or goodness.
Example sentences
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هُوَ شَخْصٌ لَطِيفٌ جِدًّا.
huwa shakhṣun laṭīfun jiddan.
He is a very nice person.
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كَانَ الطَّقْسُ جَمِيلًا.
kāna ṭ-ṭaqsu jamīlan.
The weather was nice.
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شُكْرًا لِكَلَامِكَ الطَّيِّبِ.
shukran li-kalāmika ṭ-ṭayyibi.
Thank you for your nice words.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
ooh, nice.
أوه. لطيفة.
Very nice!
جميل جدا!
Nice dress.
فستان جميل.
He is nice.
إنه لطيف.
He's very nice!
إنه لطيف جدا!
Nice. Very nice.
جميل, جميل جداً.
That wasn't nice.
لم يكن هذا مهذبا.
Sami seemed nice.
بدا سامي لطيفا.
Nice to meet you.
سُعدت بلقائك.
Voices: Woohoo! Yeah. Nice.
فيديو: أصوات: نعم. جميل
Computer: Nice to meet you. Child: Nice to meet you.
الجهاز: سعدت بلقائك. الطفل: سعدت بلقائك.
And it is, again, linked to something nice, and that nice thing is called meritocracy.
و هو ايضا مرتبط بشيء جيد. و هذا الشيء الجيد يسمى الجدارة.
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