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/

• Audio (US)

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• 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.

   Coordinate terms: nephew, neve

   Hyponyms: fraternal niece, sororal niece

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

Synonyms

• nift (obsolete)

Antonyms

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

Hypernyms

• nephling
• nibling

Derived terms

• grandniece
• great-niece
• half niece

Translations

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
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܐܲܚܵܐ‎ f (bat aḵā) (fraternal), ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܬܵܐ‎ f (bat ḵātā) (sororal)
• 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 (zh) (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 (eo)
• Estonian: (fraternal) vennatütar, (sororal) õetütar (et)
• 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)
• Ilocano: kaanakan a babai
• Indonesian: keponakan (id), kemenakan (id), misan (id) (nephew or niece)
• Irish: neacht f
• Italian: nipote (it) f
• Japanese: 姪 (ja) (めい, mei)
• Kashmiri: (fraternal) باوزٕ‎ (ks) (bāvzụ), (sororal) بؠنٛزٕ‎ (ks) (byanzụ), (sororal) بیٔنٛزٕ‎ (ks) (byạnzụ)
• Korean: 조카딸 (ko) (jokattal), 조카 (ko) (joka) (nephew or niece)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوشکەزا‎ (xuşkeza) (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
• Lutshootseed: staləł
• Macedonian: брата́ница f (bratánica) (fraternal), се́стрична f (séstrična) (sororal)
• Malay: anak saudara perempuan, anak saudara
• Maltese: neputija f
• 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
• Pennsylvania German: Niess f
• Plautdietsch: Plemenitze 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 f, (sororal) nighean-peathar (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: (fraternal) sinovica (sh), bratanica (sh), bratična (sh) sinovka, (sororal) sestričina (sh), nećakinja f, nećaka (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), небо́га (uk) f (nebóha)
• Urdu: بھتیجی‎ f (bhatījī)
• Vietnamese: cháu gái
• 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)
• Yámana: yamana-kipa
• Zazaki: hêgane f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

See also

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

Anagrams

• Eceni, Neice

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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

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

• niece on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Old French

Alternative forms

• nece, neyche

Etymology

From Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjɛtsə/

Noun

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

1. niece

Descendants

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

See also

• neveu
• oncle

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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

Hyponyms

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

See also

• nevö (“nephew”)

References

• niece in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).