niece

See also nièce

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /niːs/, X-SAMPA: /ni:s/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophones: Nice

Etymology

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 nifte (“niece, granddaughter”) (from Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”)).

Noun

niece (plural nieces)

1. A daughter of someone’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").

Translations

fraternal or sororal niece

• Albanian: mbesë (sq) f
• Arabic: (fraternal) بنت الأخ (ar) (bínti-l-’ákh) f, بنت الأخت (ar) (bínti-l-’úkht) f
• Armenian: եղբոր աղջիկ (hy) (eġbor aġǰik)  (fraternal), քրոջ աղջիկ (hy) (k'roǰ aġǰik)  (sororal)
• Aromanian: nipoatã (rup) f
• Basque: iloba (eu)
• Bulgarian: племенница (bg) (plemennica) f 
• Catalan: neboda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (fraternal) 侄女 (cmn) (zhínǚ), 姪女 (cmn) (zhínǚ), (sororal) 甥女 (cmn) (shēngnǚ), 外甥女 (cmn) (wàishēngnǚ)

• Czech: neteř (cs) f
• Dalmatian: niapta f
• Danish: niece (da) c
• Dutch: nicht (nl) f, nichtje (nl) n
• Esperanto: nevino (eo)
• Estonian: (fraternal) vennatütar (et), (sororal) õetütar (et)
• Finnish: veljentytär (fi) (fraternal), sisarentytär (fi) (sororal)
• French: nièce (fr) f
• Friulian: gnece f
• German: Nichte (de) f
• Greek: ανεψιά (el) (anepsiá) f 
• Greenlandic: soraluaq (kl)
• Hebrew: אחיינית (he) (akhyanít) f
• Hindi: भतीजी (hi) (bhatījī) f
• Hungarian: unokahúg (hu)
• Icelandic: bróðurdóttir (is) f (fraternal), systurdóttir (is) f (sororal)
• Ido: nevino (io)
• Indonesian: keponakan (id), kemenakan (id), misan (id) (nephew or niece)
• Irish: neacht (ga) f
• Italian: nipote (it) f
• Japanese: 姪 (ja) (めい, mei)
• Jèrriais: nièche f
• Korean: 조카딸 (ko) (jokaddal)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خوشکه‌زا (ku) (xoškazá) (sister's son or daughter)

• Latin: (fraternal) filia fratris (la), (sororal) filia sororis (la)
• Low German: (fraternal) Broderdeern (nds) f, (fraternal) Broderdochter (nds) f, (fraternal) Broderkind (nds) n, (sororal) Süsterdeern (nds) f, (sororal) Swesterdeern (nds) f, (sororal) Süsterdochter (nds) f, (sororal) Swesterdochter (nds) f, (sororal) Süsterkind (nds) n, (sororal) Swesterkind (nds) n
• Malay: anak saudara perempuan (ms), anak saudara (ms)
• Northern Sami: (fraternal) vieljanieida, (sororal) oappánieida
• Occitan: neboda (oc) f
• Old French: niece f
• Polish: (fraternal) bratanica (pl) f, (sororal) siostrzenica (pl) f
• Portuguese: sobrinha (pt) f
• Romanian: nepoată (ro) f
• Romansch: nezza (rm) f, niaza (rm) f, neaza (rm) f
• Russian: племянница (ru) (plemjánnica) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: (fraternal) nighean-bràthar (gd) f, (sororal) nighean-peathar (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: (fraternal) bratanica (sh), (fraternal) sinovka (sh), (sororal) sestričina (sh), nećaka (sh), nećakinja (sh) f, bratičina (sh) f

• Seri: (of a male) aac
• Slovak: neter (sk) f
• Slovene: nečakinja (sl) f
• Spanish: sobrina (es) f
• Swahili: mpwa (sw)
• Swedish: niece (sv) c, (fraternal) brorsdotter (sv) c, (sororal) systerdotter (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamangking babae (tl)
• Taos: kìłu’úna
• Thai: หลานสาว (th) (lăan săao)
• Turkish: kız yeğen (tr)
• Urdu: بھتیجی (ur) (bhatījī) f
• Volapük: (fraternal or sororal, ♂♀) nef (vo), (fraternal or sororal) jinef (vo), (fraternal, ♂♀) blodanef (vo), (fraternal) blodajinef (vo), (fraternal) blodadaut (vo), (sororal, ♂♀) söranef (vo), (sororal) sörajinef (vo), (sororal) söradaut (vo), (fraternal) blodajison (vo), (sororal) sörajison (vo), (fraternal, ♂♀) blodacil (vo), (fraternal) blodajicil (vo), (sororal, ♂♀) söracil (vo), (sororal) sörajicil (vo)
• West Frisian: nicht (fy)

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• Tagalog: pamangkin (tl) f

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• grandniece

Hypernyms

• nibling

See also

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

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Danish

Etymology

From French nièce (“niece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

Noun

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

1. niece

Inflection

    Inflection of niece

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	niece	niecen	niecer	niecerne
genitive	nieces	niecens	niecers	niecernes

Antonyms

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

Synonyms

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

External links

• Niece on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Old French

Etymology

Late Latin *neptia

Noun

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

1. niece

Descendants

• English: niece
• French: nièce

See also

• neveu
• oncle

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Swedish

Noun

niece c

1. niece

Declension

Declension of niece

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	niece	niecen	niecer	niecerna
genitive	nieces	niecens	niecers	niecernas

Hyponyms

• brorsdotter
• systerdotter