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Definitions for Niece

[1] a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
[2] a daughter of a person's spouse's brother or sister.
[3] a daughter of one's sister or brother

Words related to Niece

father, sibling, mother, cousin, folk, uncle, aunt, girl, wife, daughter, she, agnate, cognate, connection, blood, folks, relation, grandparents, sister-in-law, stepbrother

Words nearby Niece

nidify, nidus, nidus avis, nidwalden, niebuhr, niece, niederrhein, niedersachsen, niederösterreich, niello, nielsen

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

Word origin for Niece

C13: from Old French niece granddaughter, ultimately from Latin neptis granddaughter

Synonyms for Niece

aunt, cousin, father, folk, mother, sibling, uncle, agnate, blood, brother-in-law, cognate, connection, father-in-law, folks, grandparents, in-laws, kinsperson, mother-in-law, nephew, relation, sib, sister-in-law, stepbrother, stepparent, stepsister, clansperson, great-grandparents