niece

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /niːs/
• (General American) enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /nis/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophones: Nice

niece (plural nieces)

1. A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

   My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.

   Coordinate terms: nephew, neve

   Hyponyms: fraternal niece, sororal niece

2. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

• nift (obsolete)

• (with regard to gender) nephew
• (with regard to ancestry) aunt, uncle

• nephling
• nibling

• grandniece
• great-niece
• half niece

• dad / mom
• brother / sister
• grandfather / grandmother
• cousin
• step-

• Eceni, Neice

From French nièce (“niece”).

• IPA^(key): /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

1. niece

• (fraternal niece): brordatter
• (sororal niece): søsterdatter

• brorsøn ("fraternal nephew")
• nevø ("nephew")
• søstersøn("sororal nephew")

• niece on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• nece, neyche

From Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjɛtsə/

niece f (oblique plural nieces, nominative singular niece, nominative plural nieces)

1. niece

• French: nièce
• Norman: nièche
• → Middle English: nece, nese, neece, neis, neysse
  • English: niece
  • Scots: niece

• neveu
• oncle

Borrowed from French nièce, from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Italic *néptih₂.

niece c

1. (somewhat formal) niece

• brorsdotter (“fraternal niece”)
• systerdotter (“sororal niece”)

• nevö (“nephew”)

• niece in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).