niece

See also: Niece, nièce, and -niece

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /niːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophones: Nice

NounEdit

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.

AntonymsEdit

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

HypernymsEdit

• nibling

Derived termsEdit

• grandniece

TranslationsEdit

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

• Albanian: mbesë (sq) f
• Arabic: (fraternal) بِنْتُ أَخٍ‎‎ f (bintu ʾaḵin), (sororal) بِنْتُ أُخْتٍ‎‎ f (bintu ʾuḵtin)

  Egyptian Arabic: بنت أخ‎‎ f (bent aḵḵ), بنت أخت‎‎ f (bent oḵt)

• Armenian: եղբոր դուստր (ełbor dustr) (fraternal), եղբոր աղջիկ (ełbor ałǰik) (fraternal), քրոջ դուստր (kʿroǰ dustr) (sororal), քրոջ աղջիկ (kʿroǰ ałǰik) (sororal)
• Aromanian: nipoatã f
• Asturian: sobrina (ast) f
• Basque: iloba (eu)
• Belarusian: пляме́нніца f (pljamjénnica)
• Breton: nizez (br) f
• Bulgarian: пле́менница (bg) f (plémennica)
• Catalan: neboda (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: neteř (cs) f
• Dalmatian: niapta f
• Danish: niece (da) c
• Dutch: nicht (nl) f, nichtje (nl) n
• Esperanto: nevino
• Estonian: (fraternal) vennatütar, (sororal) õetütar
• Finnish: veljentytär (fi) (fraternal), sisarentytär (fi) (sororal)
• French: nièce (fr) f
• Friulian: gnece f
• Galician: sobriña f
• Georgian: დისწული (disc̣uli), ძმისწული (ʒmisc̣uli)
• German: Nichte (de) f
• Greek: ανεψιά (el) f (anepsiá)

  Ancient: ἀδελφιδῆ f (adelphidê)

• Greenlandic: soraluaq
• Hebrew: אחיינית‎‎ f (akhyanít)
• Hindi: भतीजी (hi) f (bhatījī)
• 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 f
• Italian: nipote (it) f
• Japanese: 姪 (ja) (めい, mei)
• Korean: 조카딸 (ko) (jokaddal)

• Kurdish:

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

• Latin: (fraternal) filia fratris f, (sororal) filia sororis f
• Low German: (fraternal) Broderdeern f, (fraternal) Broderdochter f, (fraternal) Broderkind n, (sororal) Süsterdeern f, (sororal) Swesterdeern f, (sororal) Süsterdochter f, (sororal) Swesterdochter f, (sororal) Süsterkind n, (sororal) Swesterkind n
• Macedonian: брата́ница f (bratánica) (fraternal), се́стрична f (séstrična) (sororal)
• Malay: anak saudara perempuan, anak saudara
• Maori: irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi, tapairu
• Norman: nièche f
• Northern Sami: (fraternal) vieljanieida, (sororal) oappánieida
• Occitan: neboda (oc) f
• Old English: nift f
• Old French: niece f
• Polish: (fraternal) bratanica (pl) f, (sororal) siostrzenica (pl) f
• Portuguese: sobrinha (pt) f
• Quechua: mulla
• Romanian: nepoată (ro) f
• Romansch: nezza f, niaza f, neaza f
• Russian: племя́нница (ru) f (plemjánnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: (fraternal) nighean-bràthar (gd) f, (sororal) nighean-peathar (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: (fraternal) sinovica (sh), bratanica (sh), bratična (sh) sinovka, (sororal) sestričina (sh), nećakinja (sh) f, nećaka (sh) (Serbia), nestera (Croatia, archaic)

• 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
• Taos: kìłu’úna
• Telugu: మేనకోడలు (te) (mēnakōḍalu)
• Thai: หลานสาว (lǎan-sǎao)
• Turkish: kız yeğen (tr)
• Ukrainian: племі́нниця f (plemínnycja)
• Urdu: بھتیجی‎‎ f (bhatījī)
• Volapük: (fraternal or sororal, ♂♀) nef (vo), (fraternal or sororal) jinef (vo), (fraternal, ♂♀) blodanef, (fraternal) blodajinef, (fraternal) blodadaut (vo), (sororal, ♂♀) söranef, (sororal) sörajinef, (sororal) söradaut (vo), (fraternal) blodajison, (sororal) sörajison, (fraternal, ♂♀) blodacil (vo), (fraternal) blodajicil, (sororal, ♂♀) söracil (vo), (sororal) sörajicil
• Welsh: nith (cy) f, nithoedd (cy) f pl
• West Frisian: nicht
• Yiddish: פּלימעניצע‎‎ f (plimenitse)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} pamangkin (tl) f

See alsoEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• Eceni, Neice

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French nièce (“niece”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

NounEdit

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

1. niece

InflectionEdit

Declension of niece

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

SynonymsEdit

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

AntonymsEdit

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

Further readingEdit

• niece on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• nece

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *neptia, from Latin neptis.

NounEdit

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

1. niece

DescendantsEdit

• English: niece
• French: nièce

See alsoEdit

• neveu
• oncle

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

niece c

1. niece

DeclensionEdit

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

HyponymsEdit

• brorsdotter
• systerdotter