niece
Meaning of niece
noun
a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin neptis ‘granddaughter’, feminine of nepos ‘nephew, grandson’ (see nephew), from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch nicht, German Nichte .
Information about niece
- It is a name.
- The plural form of niece is: nieces.
- Languages in which niece is used:
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Hyphenation of niece
niece
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- niece is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of niece
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