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grandniece

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a daughter of your niece or nephew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: great-niece

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: niece

History

Etymology

From grand- + niece.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: nizez-vihan — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Catalan: besneboda — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Catalan: reneboda — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Catalan: nebodera — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侄孫女 (zhísūnnǚ) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Dutch: achternicht — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Dutch: oudtantezegger — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Esperanto: pranevino — granddaughter of a sibling
  • French: petite-nièce — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Galician: sobriña neta — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: დისწულის ასული (disc̣ulis asuli) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: ძმისწულის ასული (ʒmisc̣ulis asuli) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: დისწულის ქალიშვილი (disc̣ulis kališvili) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: ძმისწულის ქალიშვილი (ʒmisc̣ulis kališvili) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: დისწულის შვილიშვილი (disc̣ulis švilišvili) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Georgian: ძმისწულის შვილიშვილი (ʒmisc̣ulis švilišvili) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • German: Großnichte — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Irish: garneacht — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Italian: pronipote — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Japanese: 又姪 (matamei) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Japanese: 大姪 (ōmei) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Malay: cucu saudari — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Manx: oe vraarey — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Portuguese: sobrinha-neta — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Russian: внуча́тая племя́нница (vnučátaja plemjánnica) — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Spanish: sobrina nieta — granddaughter of a sibling
  • Welsh: gornith — granddaughter of a sibling