grandniece

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noun

A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)

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great-niece
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Meanings

noungrandniece (plural grandnieces)

plural grandnieces

  1. A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)

    Then come […] the Duchess’s grandnieces Zwile and her little sister Gloria.

    2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 209

    Synonyms: great-niece

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)

Similar
great-niece

More synonyms by meaning

nouna daughter of your niece or nephew

Similar
great-niece
Broader
niece
Also see
great-niece

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From grand- + niece.

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Translations

Catalan besneboda, reneboda
  • besnebodagranddaughter of a sibling
  • renebodagranddaughter of a sibling
  • neboderagranddaughter of a sibling
Chinese Mandarin 侄孫女
  • 侄孫女 (zhísūnnǚ)granddaughter of a sibling
Dutch achternicht, oudtantezegger
  • achternichtgranddaughter of a sibling
  • oudtantezeggergranddaughter of a sibling
Esperanto pranevino
  • pranevinogranddaughter of a sibling
French petite-nièce
  • petite-niècegranddaughter of a sibling
German Großnichte
  • Großnichtegranddaughter of a sibling
Irish garneacht
  • garneachtgranddaughter of a sibling
Italian pronipote
  • pronipotegranddaughter of a sibling
Japanese 又姪, 大姪
  • 又姪 (matamei)granddaughter of a sibling
  • 大姪 (ōmei)granddaughter of a sibling
Malay cucu saudari
  • cucu saudarigranddaughter of a sibling
Portuguese sobrinha-neta
  • sobrinha-netagranddaughter of a sibling
Russian внуча́тая племя́нница
  • внуча́тая племя́нница (vnučátaja plemjánnica)granddaughter of a sibling
Spanish sobrina nieta
  • sobrina nietagranddaughter of a sibling
Welsh gornith
  • gornithgranddaughter of a sibling
Cite this entry
APA

grandniece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandniece

MLA

“grandniece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandniece. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandniece,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandniece.

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