niece

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• Received-Pronunciation: nēs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /niːs/
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• General-American: nēs
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• General-American: /nis/
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• rhymes with -iːs
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• homophone: Nice
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: niggie — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Albanian: mbesë — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Southern Altai: јеен (ǰeen) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Arabic: بِنْتُ أَخٍ (bintu ʔaḵin) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Arabic: بِنْتُ أُخْتٍ (bintu ʔuḵtin) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Arabic: بنت أخ (bent aḵḵ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Arabic: بنت أخت (bent oḵt) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܐܲܚܵܐ (bat aḵā) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܬܵܐ (bat ḵātā) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Armenian: եղբոր դուստր (eġbor dustr) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Armenian: եղբոր աղջիկ (eġbor aġǰik) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Armenian: քրոջ դուստր (kʻroǰ dustr) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Armenian: քրոջ աղջիկ (kʻroǰ aġǰik) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Aromanian: nipoatã — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Asturian: sobrina — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Azerbaijani: qardaşqızı — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Azerbaijani: bacıqızı — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Basque: iloba — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Belarusian: пляме́нніца (pljamjénnica) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Belarusian: пляме́ньніца (pljamjénʹnica) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Bengali: ভাইঝি (bhaijhi) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Breton: nizez — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Bulgarian: пле́менница (plémennica) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Catalan: neboda — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Chinese Mandarin: 侄女 (zhínǚ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Chinese Mandarin: 姪女 /侄女 (zhínǚ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Chinese Mandarin: 甥女 (shēngnǚ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Chinese Mandarin: 外甥女 (wàishēngnǚ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Czech: neteř — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Dalmatian: niapta — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Danish: niece — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Dutch: nicht — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Dutch: nichtje — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Esperanto: nevino — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Estonian: vennatütar — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Estonian: õetütar — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Faroese: bróðurdóttir — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Faroese: systurdóttir — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Finnish: veljentytär — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Finnish: sisarentytär — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• French: nièce — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Old French: niece — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• North Frisian: nicht — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Saterland Frisian: Nichte — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• West-Frisian: nicht — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Friulian: gnece — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Galician: sobriña — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Georgian: დისწული (disc̣uli) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Georgian: ძმისწული (ʒmisc̣uli) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• German: Nichte — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Greek: ανεψιά (anepsiá) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Greek: ανιψιά (anipsiá) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ancient Greek: ἀδελφιδῆ (adelphidê) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Greenlandic: soraluaq — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Hebrew: אחיינית — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Hebrew: אַחְיָנִית (akhyanít) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Hindi: भतीजी (bhatījī) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Hindi: भांजी (bhāñjī) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Hungarian: unokahúg — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Icelandic: bróðurdóttir — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Icelandic: systurdóttir — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ido: nevino — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ilocano: kaanakan a babai — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Indonesian: keponakan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Indonesian: kemenakan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Indonesian: misan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ingrian: plemmäänitsa — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Irish: neacht — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Italian: nipote — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Japanese: 姪 (mei) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kashmiri: باوزٕ (bāvzụ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kashmiri: بؠنٛزٕ (byanzụ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kashmiri: بیٔنٛزٕ (byạnzụ) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kazakh: қарындас (qaryndas) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kazakh: жиен (jien) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Korean: 조카딸 (jokattal) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Korean: 조카 (joka) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Central Kurdish: خوشکەزا (xuşkeza) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kyrgyz: карындаш (karındaş) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Kyrgyz: жээн (jeen) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: filia fratris — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: filia sororis — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: nepta — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: neptia — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: fratruelis — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: sobrina — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Latin: nepotia — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Lithuanian: dukterėčia — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Broderdeern — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Broderdochter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Broderkind — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Süsterdeern — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Swesterdeern — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Süsterdochter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Swesterdochter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Süsterkind — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Low German: Swesterkind — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Lushootseed: staləł — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Macedonian: брата́ница (bratánica) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Macedonian: се́стрична (séstrična) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Malay: anak saudara perempuan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Malay: anak saudara — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Malay: penakan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Malay: ponakan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Maltese: neputija — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Māori: irāmutu — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Māori: tamaiti whakaangi — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Māori: tapairu — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Mauritian Creole: nies — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Norman: nièche — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Norwegian Bokmål: niese — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Occitan: neboda — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Old English: nift — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Paicî: nôôrâ — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Pennsylvania German: Niess — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Iranian Persian: بَرادَرْزادِه (barâdarzâde) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Iranian Persian: خواهَرْزادِه (xâharzâde) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Plautdietsch: Plemenitze — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Polish: bratanica — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Polish: siostrzenica — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Portuguese: sobrinha — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Quechua: mulla — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Romanian: nepoată — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Romansh: nezza — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Romansh: niaza — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Romansh: neaza — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Russian: племя́нница (plemjánnica) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Northern Sami: vieljanieida — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Northern Sami: oappánieida — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Scottish Gaelic: nighean-bràthar — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Scottish Gaelic: nighean-peathar — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: sinovica — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: bratanica — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: bratična sinovka — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: sestričina — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: nećakinja — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: nećaka — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Serbo-Croatian: nestera — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Seri: aac — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Seychellois Creole: nyes — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Slovak: neter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Slovene: nečakinja — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Spanish: sobrina — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Swahili: mpwa — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Swedish: niece — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Swedish: brorsdotter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Swedish: systerdotter — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Tagalog: pamangking babae — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Tagalog: pamangkin — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Tajik: бародарзода (barodarzoda) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Tajik: хоҳарзода (xoharzoda) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Tajik: ҷиян (jiyan) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Taos: kìłuʼúna — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Telugu: మేనకోడలు (mēnakōḍalu) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Thai: หลานสาว (lǎan-sǎao) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Turkish: kız yeğen — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Turkmen: ýegen — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ukrainian: племі́нниця (plemínnycja) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Ukrainian: небо́га (nebóha) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Urdu: بَھتِیجی (bhatījī) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Urdu: بھان٘جی (bhāñjī) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Uyghur: جىيەن (jiyen) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Uzbek: jiyan — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Vietnamese: cháu gái — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: nef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: jinef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodanef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodajinef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodadaut — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: söranef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: sörajinef — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: söradaut — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodajison — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: sörajison — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodacil — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: blodajicil — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: söracil — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Volapük: sörajicil — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Welsh: nith — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Welsh: nithoedd — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Woiwurrung: babi — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Woiwurrung: pa-ren-ger-roon — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Yámana: yamana-kipa — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Yiddish: פּלימעניצע (plimenitse) — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece
• Zazaki: hêgane — fraternal or sororal niece — see also fraternal niece, sororal niece