Definitions for niece
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Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. niecenoun

   a daughter of your brother or sister

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. niecenoun

   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").

   Etymology: nece, from nece (Modern French nièce "niece") from *, representing neptis, from nepot-. Akin to nift ( Nichte). Displaced native nifte (from nift).

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1. Niecenoun

   a relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson

   Etymology: [OE. nece, F. nice, LL. neptia, for L. neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.]

2. Niecenoun

   a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law

   Etymology: [OE. nece, F. nice, LL. neptia, for L. neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

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1. niece

   The daughter of one’s sibling.

   Submitted by dklajksdajsdaiuoiuoew on December 15, 2019  

2. Niece

   A Daughter of one's Sibbling or Cousin in The Rapport with her Maternal or Paternal Grandparents' Other Children or Great-Grandparents'Other Grandchildren or her Great-Grandparents/Ancestors/Great-Great-Grandparents' Other Descendents/Great-Grandchildren, a Grandniece is a Granddaugher of one's Sibbling or Brother in The Rapport with her Great-Grandparents/Ancestors' Other Children, Grandchildren or Descendents/Great-Grandchildren, a Great-Grandniece is a Great-Granddaugther of one's Sibbling or Cousin, with the Common Ascendents in The Right line from the Great-Great-Grandparents, a Great-Great-Grandniece is a Great-Great-Granddaugther of one's Sibbling or Cousin, with the Common Ascendents in The Right line from the Great-Great-Great-Grandparents/3rd Great-Grandparents, and so on.

   An Aunt comforted her Niece at her Grandparents' Funeral, she teached her, just good things, and her Niece was always good with her.

   Submitted by fcatana14 on August 15, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of niece in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of niece in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of niece in a Sentence

1. Spokeswoman Priyanka Mantha:

   And my largest obligation is to my family, to my parents and my 11-year-old niece who my parents are raising. So I have two households for which I’m responsible.

2. Erin Vertucci:

   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.

3. Renata Espinoza:

   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.

4. Marie Fernandez:

   She [Castilleja] isnt able to give you her side of the story, but its been ongoing bullying on both sides, its social media. Theres so many factors that have contributed to this, and at the end of the day, whether it was wrong, in all aspects my niece had no intentions of hurting anyone.

5. Hazel Bryant:

   Police rolled up, shot my niece four times.

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