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Princeton's WordNet
niece(noun)
a daughter of your brother or sister
Wiktionary
niece(Noun)
A daughter of someone'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").
Origin: nece, from nece (Modern French nièce "niece") from *, representing neptis, from nepot-. Akin to nift ( Nichte). Displaced native nifte (from nift).
Webster Dictionary
Niece(noun)
a relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson
Niece(noun)
a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law
Origin: [OE. nece, F. nice, LL. neptia, for L. neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Niece
nēs, n. (fem. of Nephew) the daughter of a brother or sister: (orig.) a granddaughter. [O. Fr.,—Low L. nepta—L. neptis, a granddaughter, niece.]
Editors Contribution
niece
The daughter of one’s sibling.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of niece in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of niece in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of niece in a Sentence
My mother lost her son. I lost a brother. My niece, everybody, lost a dear friend.
Once I realized that my niece and my sister were nowhere to be found, I ran back and that's when I started recording.
About 40 Hindu brothers were at my house until we bid farewell to my niece in the night, i will never forget this favor.
My niece was four years older than him, and she said she found the love of her life, he was very sweet and very kind and very funny.
The DA never called, there was no consideration for Renata, my niece, my parents, me, or the officers. It was as if she didn't care.
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- بنت الأخ, بنت الأخت, أبنة الأخ أو الأختArabic
- пляме́нніцаBelarusian
- пле́менницаBulgarian
- nebodaCatalan, Valencian
- neteřCzech
- nieceDanish
- NichteGerman
- ανεψιά, ανιψιάGreek
- nevinoEsperanto
- sobrinaSpanish
- õetütar, vennatütarEstonian
- ilobaBasque
- دختر برادر یا خواهر و غیرهPersian
- veljentytär, sisarentytärFinnish
- nièceFrench
- nichtWestern Frisian
- neachtIrish
- nighean-bràthar, nighean-peatharScottish Gaelic
- sobriñaGalician
- אחייניתHebrew
- भतीजीHindi
- unokahúgHungarian
- եղբոր աղջիկ, քրոջ աղջիկArmenian
- keponakan, kemenakan, misanIndonesian
- nevinoIdo
- systurdóttir, bróðurdóttirIcelandic
- nipoteItalian
- 姪Japanese
- soraluaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಸೋದರ ಸೊಸೆKannada
- 조카딸Korean
- خوشکهزاKurdish
- filia fratris, filia sororisLatin
- tamaiti whakaangi, irāmutuMāori
- брата́ница, се́стричнаMacedonian
- anak saudara, anak saudara perempuanMalay
- nicht, nichtjeDutch
- nebodaOccitan
- bratanica, siostrzenicaPolish
- sobrinhaPortuguese
- nezza, niaza, neazaRomansh
- nepoatăRomanian
- племя́нницаRussian
- oappánieida, vieljanieidaNorthern Sami
- nećakinja, bratična, sinovka, sestričina, sinovica, bratanica, nećaka, nesteraSerbo-Croatian
- neterSlovak
- nečakinjaSlovene
- mbesëAlbanian
- brorsdotter, niece, systerdotterSwedish
- mpwaSwahili
- మేనకోడలుTelugu
- หลานสาวThai
- pamangking babaeTagalog
- yeğenTurkish
- племі́нницяUkrainian
- بھتیجیUrdu
- söranef, sörajinef, blodacil, blodajicil, sörajicil, blodanef, blodajinef, blodadaut, söradaut, blodajison, sörajison, söracil, nef, jinefVolapük
- 侄女Chinese
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