Dictionary Definition
niece n : a daughter of your brother or sister
[ant: nephew]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /niːs/, /ni:s/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Homophones
Noun
- A daughter of someone’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either or one's brother ("fraternal niece") or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
Translations
fraternal or sororal niece
- Albanian: mbesë
- Arabic: (bint al-’áx) (fraternal), (bint al-’úxt) (sororal)
- Bulgarian: племенница
- Catalan: neboda
- Chinese: (fraternal) 侄女 (zhínǚ), 姪女 (zhínǚ); (sororal) 甥女 (shēngnǚ), 外甥女 (wàishēngnǚ)
- Czech: neteř
- Danish: niece
- Dutch: nicht , nichtje
- Esperanto: nevino
- Estonian: vennatütar (fraternal), õetütar (sororal)
- Filipino: pamangking babae
- Finnish: veljentytär (fraternal), sisarentytär (sororal)
- French: nièce
- German: Nichte
- Greek: ανεψιά (anepsiá)
- Hebrew:
- Hungarian: unokahug
- Icelandic: bróðurdóttir (fraternal), systurdóttir (sororal)
- Indonesian: keponakan / kemenakan / misan (nephew or niece)
- Irish: neacht
- Italian: nipote
- Japanese: 姪 (めい, mei)
- Korean: 조카딸 (jokaddal)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خوشکهزا (sister's son or daughter)
- Latin: filia fratris (fraternal), filia sororis (sororal)
- Polish: bratanica (fraternal), siostrzenica (sororal)
- Portuguese: sobrinha
- Romanian: nepoată
- Russian: племянница (plemjánnitsa)
- Scottish Gaelic: nighean-bràthar (fraternal), nighean-peathar (sororal)
- Serbian: sestričina
- Seri: aac (of a male)
- Slovak: neter
- Slovene: nečakinja
- Spanish: sobrina
- Swedish: niece
- Thai: (lăan săao)
- Turkish: yeğen
- ttbc Serbian: bratičina
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 姪; 甥 (sororal, niece or nephew)
- ttbc Filipino: pamangkin
Antonyms
- italbrac with regard to gender nephew
- italbrac with regard to ancestry aunt, uncle
Derived terms
Hypernyms
See also
- dad / mom
- brother / sister
- grandfather / grandmother
- cousin
- step-
Swedish
Noun
nieceHyponyms
Extensive Definition
- For the band, see Nephew (band)
Nephew is a term referring to the son of one's
sibling. Sons of
siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews, even
though there is no blood relation. The word nephew is derived from
the French word neveu.
- Nephew = son of your sister or brother.
- Niece = daughter of your sister or brother.
- Nephew(-in-law) = son of your sister-in-law or brother-in-law.
- Niece(-in-law) = daughter of your sister-in-law or brother-in-law.
See also
- For details of this and other family relationships, see the entry at cousin.
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aunt,
auntie, blood brother,
brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed,
cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster
brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt,
great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, nephew, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother