niece

See also: Niece, nièce, and -niece

English

Etymology

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepot- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Akin to Old High German nift (“niece, granddaughter”) (German Nichte (“niece”)). Displaced native Middle English nyfte, nifte (“niece, granddaughter”) (from Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nēs, IPA(key): /niːs/
  • (General American) enPR: nēs, IPA(key): /nis/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːs
  • Homophones: Nice

Noun

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.

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Derived terms

Translations
fraternal or sororal niece — See also translations at fraternal niece,‎ sororal niece
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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French nièce (“niece”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

Noun

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

  1. niece

Inflection
Declension of niece
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative niece niecen niecer niecerne
genitive nieces niecens niecers niecernes

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

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

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *neptia, from Latin neptis.

Noun

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

  1. niece

Descendants

See also

Swedish

Noun

niece c

  1. niece

Declension
Declension of niece 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative niece niecen niecer niecerna
Genitive nieces niecens niecers niecernas

Hyponyms
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