niece
[ nees ]
/ nis /
noun
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
a daughter of a person's spouse's brother or sister.
Origin of niece
1250–1300; Middle English
nece < Old French < Vulgar Latin
*neptia, for Latin
neptis granddaughter; replacing Middle English
nifte, Old English
nift niece (cognate with Old Frisian, Old High German
nift, Dutch
nicht, Old Norse
nipt) < Germanic; akin to Lithuanian
neptė̃, Sanskrit
naptī; cf.
nephew
Words nearby niece
nidify,
nidus,
nidus avis,
nidwalden,
niebuhr,
niece,
niederrhein,
niedersachsen,
niederösterreich,
niello,
nielsen
Example sentences from the Web for nieces
British Dictionary definitions for nieces
niece
/ (niːs) /
noun
a daughter of one's sister or brother
Word Origin for niece
C13: from Old French
niece granddaughter, ultimately from Latin
neptis granddaughter