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niece-in-law

niece-in-law noun: someone's nephew's wife.

Noun

niece-in-law (plural nieces-in-law)

  1. Someone's nephew's wife.
  2. Someone's brother's daughter-in-law. (fraternal niece-in-law)
  3. Someone's sister's daughter-in-law. (sororal niece-in-law)
  4. Someone's wife's brother's daughter-in-law.
  5. Someone's wife's sister's daughter-in-law.
  6. Someone's husband's brother's daughter-in-law.
  7. Someone's husband's sister's daughter-in-law.
  8. (rare) Someone's husband's niece. (Usually called a niece.)
  9. (rare) Someone's wife's niece. (Usually called a niece.)

Forms of niece-in-law

pluralnieces-in-law

Origin of niece-in-law

From niece + -in-law.

Questions about niece-in-law

What does niece-in-law mean?
Niece-in-law means someone's nephew's wife.
What part of speech is niece-in-law?
Niece-in-law is a noun.
What is the plural of niece-in-law?
The plural of niece-in-law is nieces-in-law.

Words near niece-in-law in the dictionary

  1. Niebuhrs
  2. Niec
  3. niece
  4. niece fucker
  5. niece fuckers
  6. niece-in-law
  7. nieceless
  8. niecely
  9. nieces
  10. nieces-in-law
  11. nieceship

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