niece

B1 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /nis/ UK /niːs/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like niche /s/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #4240

Meanings

1

noun
The daughter of your brother or sister.

My niece just celebrated her fifteenth birthday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

nift

Opposites

aunt nephew uncle

Word family

Forms nieces

Derived forms grandniecegreat-nieceniece-in-lawniecelessniecelynieceshipnieflingstep-niecestepniece

Related forms brother cousin dad grandfather grandmother mom sister step-

Etymology

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.

nece Middle English neptia la-lat neptis Latin *néptih₂ Proto-Indo-European

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# niece

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /nis/
**IPA (UK):** /niːs/
**Frequency rank:** 4240

## Meanings
1. The daughter of your brother or sister.

## Examples
- My niece just celebrated her fifteenth birthday.

## Synonyms
- nift

## Antonyms
- aunt
- nephew
- uncle

## Derived Forms
- grandniece
- great-niece
- niece-in-law
- nieceless
- niecely
- nieceship
- niefling
- step-niece
- stepniece

## Related Forms
- brother
- cousin
- dad
- grandfather
- grandmother
- mom
- sister
- step-

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nece
- Root: neptia
- Root: neptis
- Root: *néptih₂

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Niece comes 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. Modern senses include the daughter of your brother or sister. The wider word family includes derivatives such as grandniece, great-niece, niece-in-law, nieceless, niecely, and nieceship and related forms such as brother, cousin, dad, and grandfather.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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