Meanings
niece1
nounniece (plural nieces)
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
Niece2
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
with regard to gender
Opposite
with regard to ancestry
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*néptih₂“granddaughter, niece”
- Latinneptis“granddaughter”
- Late Latinneptia
- Old Frenchnece“niece, granddaughter”
- Middle Englishnece“niece, granddaughter”
- Englishniece
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans niggie
- niggiefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Ancient Greek ἀδελφιδῆ
- ἀδελφιδῆ (adelphidê)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Arabic بِنْتُ أَخٍ, بِنْتُ أُخْتٍ
- بِنْتُ أَخٍ (bintu ʔaḵin)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- بِنْتُ أُخْتٍ (bintu ʔuḵtin)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Basque iloba
- ilobafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Bengali ভাইঝি
- ভাইঝি (bhaijhi)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Bulgarian пле́менница
- пле́менница (plémennica)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Catalan neboda
- nebodafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Chinese Mandarin 侄女, 姪女 /侄女
- 侄女 (zhínǚ)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- 姪女 /侄女 (zhínǚ)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- 甥女 (shēngnǚ)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- 外甥女 (wàishēngnǚ)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Czech neteř
- neteřfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Danish niece
- niecefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Dutch nicht, nichtje
- nichtfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- nichtjefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Esperanto nevino
- nevinofraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Estonian vennatütar, õetütar
- vennatütarfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- õetütarfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Finnish veljentytär, sisarentytär
- veljentytärfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- sisarentytärfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
French nièce
- niècefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
German Nichte
- Nichtefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Greek ανεψιά, ανιψιά
- ανεψιά (anepsiá)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- ανιψιά (anipsiá)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Hebrew אחיינית, אַחְיָנִית
- אחייניתfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- אַחְיָנִית (akhyanít)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Hindi भतीजी, भांजी
- भतीजी (bhatījī)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- भांजी (bhāñjī)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Hungarian unokahúg
- unokahúgfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Icelandic bróðurdóttir, systurdóttir
- bróðurdóttirfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- systurdóttirfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Indonesian keponakan, kemenakan
- keponakanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- kemenakanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- misanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Irish neacht
- neachtfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Italian nipote
- nipotefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Japanese 姪
- 姪 (mei)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Korean 조카딸, 조카
- 조카딸 (jokattal)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- 조카 (joka)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Latin filia fratris, filia sororis
- filia fratrisfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- filia sororisfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- neptafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- neptiafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- fratruelisfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- sobrinafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- nepotiafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Lithuanian dukterėčia
- dukterėčiafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Malay anak saudara perempuan, anak saudara
- anak saudara perempuanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- anak saudarafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- penakanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- ponakanfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Māori irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
- irāmutufraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- tamaiti whakaangifraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- tapairufraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Norwegian Bokmål niese
- niesefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Polish bratanica, siostrzenica
- bratanicafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- siostrzenicafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Portuguese sobrinha
- sobrinhafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Romanian nepoată
- nepoatăfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Russian племя́нница
- племя́нница (plemjánnica)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Scottish Gaelic nighean-bràthar, nighean-peathar
- nighean-bràtharfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- nighean-peatharfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Slovak neter
- neterfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Spanish sobrina
- sobrinafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Swahili mpwa
- mpwafraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Swedish niece, brorsdotter
- niecefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- brorsdotterfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- systerdotterfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Tagalog pamangking babae, pamangkin
- pamangking babaefraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- pamangkinfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Thai หลานสาว
- หลานสาว (lǎan-sǎao)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Turkish kız yeğen
- kız yeğenfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Ukrainian племі́нниця, небо́га
- племі́нниця (plemínnycja)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- небо́га (nebóha)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Urdu بَھتِیجی, بھان٘جی
- بَھتِیجی (bhatījī)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- بھان٘جی (bhāñjī)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Vietnamese cháu gái
- cháu gáifraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Welsh nith, nithoedd
- nithfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
- nithoeddfraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Yiddish פּלימעניצע
- פּלימעניצע (plimenitse)fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with niece
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All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
niece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niece
MLA
“niece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niece. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “niece,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niece.
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