niece

CEFRC1

/niːs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The daughter of your brother or sister.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname.

Examples

  • Mr Eliot's niece goes to a women's college.

  • The niece looks like her aunt.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /nis/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  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").

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

More examples

In context

  • My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

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.