niece

See also: Niece, niecę, nièce, and -niece

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nēs, IPA(key): /niːs/
  • (General American) enPR: nēs, IPA(key): /nis/
  • (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").
    Hyponyms: fraternal niece, sororal niece
    Coordinate terms: nephew, neve
    My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.
  2. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

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Danish

Etymology

From French nièce (niece).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

Noun

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

  1. niece

Inflection

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnjɛtsə/

Noun

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

  1. niece

Descendants

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

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

niece c

  1. (somewhat formal) niece

Declension

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

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