niece
UK/niːs//nis/
niece noun: 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").
Noun
niece (plural nieces)
- 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.
- A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law
Proper noun capitalized: Niece
Niece (plural Nieces)
- A surname.
niece meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
niece in Hindi
- fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- भतीजी bhatījī, भांजी bhāñjī
niece in Tamil
- உடன் பிறந்தவரின் மகள், மருமகள்
niece in Marathi
- भाची, भाचीची
niece in Urdu
- fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- بَھتِیجی bhatījī, بھان٘جی bhāñjī
More languagesFewer languages
- niece in Bengali
- ভাইঝি bhaijhi
- niece in Telugu
- మేనకోడలు mēnakōḍalu
- niece in Malayalam
- ഭ്രാത്രിയ bhrātriya, അനന്തരവൾ anantaravaḷ
- niece in Kannada
- ಸೋದರ ಸೊಸೆ
- niece in Punjabi
- ਭਤੀਜੀ, ਭਾਣਜੀ
- niece in Gujarati
- ભત્રીજી
- niece in Odia
- ଭାଣିଜୀ, ଭତିଜୀ
- niece in Assamese
- ভতিজা bhotiza
- niece in Nepali
- भतिजी, भत्रीजी
- niece in Tagalog
- pamangking babae, pamangkin
- niece in Arabic
- بِنْتُ أَخٍ bintu ʔaḵin, بِنْتُ أُخْتٍ bintu ʔuḵtin
- niece in Malay
- anak saudara perempuan, anak saudara, penakan, ponakan
- niece in Indonesian
- keponakan, kemenakan, misan
- niece in Thai
- หลานสาว lǎan-sǎao
- niece in Vietnamese
- cháu gái
- Kashmiri
- باوزٕ bāvzụ, بؠنٛزٕ byanzụ, بیٔنٛزٕ byạnzụ
Examples of niece in a sentence
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
- Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
- My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.
Synonyms of niece
Antonyms
Forms of niece
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nieces |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nieces |
Origin of niece
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.
Words formed from niece
Phrases with niece
Words that rhyme with niece
Questions about niece
- What does niece mean?
- Niece means 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").
- What is niece in Hindi?
- Niece in Hindi is भतीजी (bhatījī), भांजी (bhāñjī). See Niece meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is niece?
- Niece can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce niece?
- Niece is pronounced /niːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of niece?
- The plural of niece is nieces.
Words near niece in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: niece (page history and authors); Niece (page history and authors); niece (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); niece (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അനന്തരവൾ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); niece (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); niece (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); niece (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); niece (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ভতিজা (Assamese) (page history and authors); niece (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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