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Meaning of "niece" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIECE

From Old French niece granddaughter, ultimately from Latin neptis granddaughter.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NIECE

niece  [niːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIECE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Niece is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIECE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nephew and niece

A nephew is a son of one's sibling or half-sibling, and a niece is a daughter of one's sibling or half-sibling. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation. The word nephew is derived from the French word neveu. ▪ Nephew – son of one's brother/sister. ▪ Niece – daughter of one's sister/brother. ▪ Half-nephew – son of one's half-brother/half-sister. ▪ Half-niece – daughter of one's half-brother/half-sister. ▪ Nephew-in-law – son of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; husband of one's niece. ▪ Niece-in-law – daughter of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; wife of one's nephew. ▪ Step-nephew – son of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepson of one's brother/sister, or stepson of one's stepbrother/stepsister. ▪ Step-niece – daughter of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's brother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's stepbrother/stepsister.

Definition of niece in the English dictionary

The definition of niece in the dictionary is a daughter of one's sister or brother.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIECE


caprice
kəˈpriːs
cease
siːs
centerpiece
ˈsɛntəˌpiːs
decrease
dɪˈkriːs
fleece
fliːs
grease
ɡriːs
Greece
ɡriːs
Greenpeace
ˈɡriːnˌpiːs
increase
ɪnˈkriːs
lease
liːs
lis
liːs
masterpiece
ˈmɑːstəˌpiːs
metamorphoses
ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsiːs
obese
əʊˈbiːs
peace
piːs
piece
piːs
police
pəˈliːs
prerelease
ˌpriːrɪˈliːs
release
rɪˈliːs
vies
fiːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIECE

nidus
Nidwalden
Niebuhr
Niedersachsen
niellated
nielli
niellist
niello
Nielsen
Nielsen rating
Niemen
Niemeyer
Niepce
Niersteiner
Nietzsche
Nietzschean
Nietzscheanism
Nietzscheism
nieve
nieveful

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIECE

altarpiece
apiece
backpiece
companion piece
earpiece
eyepiece
great-niece
hand-piece
headpiece
mouthpiece
neckpiece
of a piece
one-piece
piano piece
T-piece
test piece
three-piece
timepiece
two-piece
workpiece

Synonyms and antonyms of niece in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «niece» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIECE

Find out the translation of niece to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of niece from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «niece» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侄女或外甥女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrina
570 millions of speakers

English

niece
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भतीजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِنْتُ الْأَخِّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

племянница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobrinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাইঝি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nièce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keponakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nichte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조카딸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Keponakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cháu gái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மருமகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भाची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeğen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nipote
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

siostrzenica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

племінниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepoată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανηψιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

niggie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brorsdotter/systerdotter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

niese
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of niece

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIECE»

The term «niece» is very widely used and occupies the 19.380 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIECE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «niece» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «niece» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about niece

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10 QUOTES WITH «NIECE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word niece.
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Cristela Alonzo
Two brothers and a sister, my niece, my nephew... we're a very small group. We're very close, very tight-knit. We spend every holiday weekend together.
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Bob Balaban
I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often.
3
John Barrowman
I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels.
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Andrea Bocelli
I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen.
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J. R. Bourne
My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredible competitive dancer, so I'm going to do some events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Charlotte Casiraghi
I'm not a princess. My mother is, not I. I am the niece of a head of state. And with this status, I have some representational duties - nothing very constraining or very exceptional.
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Kelly Clarkson
I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl.
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Kelly Clarkson
I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.
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Giada De Laurentiis
My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded.
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Prabal Gurung
I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines. I hope that by the time she's 16, the world will have changed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIECE»

Discover the use of niece in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to niece and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hitler's Niece
Hitler's Niece tells the story of the intense and disturbing relationship between Adolf Hitler and the daughter of his only half-sister, Angela, a drama that evolves against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to prominence and power from ...
Ron Hansen, 2009
2
Rameau's Niece
In this delightful novel from an author who "has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy,"* we meet Margaret Nathan, the brilliant but forgetful author of an unlikely bestseller.
Cathleen Schine, 2011
3
Macbeth's Niece
As Tessa MacFindlaech leaves her home to join the household of her uncle, the thane Macbeth, she meets three witches on the Scottish hillside who make predictions for her future.
Peg Herring, 2009
4
Cherise the Niece
As Cherise is shuttled from one aunt’s home to another, her aunts vanish, meeting inventive and hysterical ends. With a killer punch line on its final page, Jim Benton’s Cherise the Niece will leave readers laughing.
J. K. Benton, 2008
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Gold
A lavishly photographed volume traces the history of gold and its many uses throughout the ages from coinage and ornamentation to high-status gifts and symbols in religious and magic rituals, in a chronicle that also assesses its role in ...
Susan La Niece, 2009
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Bea's niece
Anne's Aunt Bea's etiquette and common sense require a woman to have on hand for all occasions: "...a bottle of whiskey, a well-oiled revolver and, as the rarest of treats, a stainless steel syringe with just the tinest supply of opium.
David Gow, 2000
7
The Side-Yard Superhero
"I know where Bernie Jones is."With one late-night phone call, Rick Niece is transported back over forty years to cherished childhood memories of small town DeGraff, Ohio.
Rick D. Niece, 2009
8
East of Niece: A Sydney Sloane Mystery
Private investigator Sydney Sloane is reluctantly on vacation in France to visit with her niece Vickie.
Randye Lordon, 2013
9
Job's Niece
Follow Doris Dunbar through the ups and downs of a daunting future.
Grace Livingston Hill, 2012
10
Genetic Disorders of the Indian Subcontinent
PATTERN OF CONSANGUINEOUS UNIONS The most common types of consanguineous unions include first cousin unions with uncle-niece unions or marriage to second cousin or distant relative forming only a small proportion.
Dhavendra Kumar, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIECE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term niece is used in the context of the following news items.
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Niece Says MLK Would Be 'Disturbed' by Planned Parenthood
Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told The Daily Signal that her uncle would have been “very disturbed” by the recent videos ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
2
Man who molested 13-year-old grand-niece multiple times jailed 16 …
A man, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of his 13-year-old grand-niece. PHOTO: ST GRAPHICS. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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Woman: Teen killed 'will always be my niece'
Editor's Note: Marcie Kaplan, 31, of Eatontown is best friends with Danielle Procopio of Atlantic Highlands. Procopio's daughter, Marissa, 15, ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
4
Pat Houston Starts to Let Go, Cleans Out Niece Bobbi Kristina …
Bobbi Kristina and Pat Houston Bobbi Kristina Brown with aunt Pat Houston. Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboards2012/Getty Images for ABC. «Us Magazine, Jul 15»
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Siblings charged after allegedly leaving 2-year-old niece inside hot …
OLATHE, Kan. — A 24-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man have been charged in Johnson County with child endangerment after a small ... «fox4kc.com, Jul 15»
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Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne practices ahead of Ladies Scottish …
While many have been ringing the death knell for Tiger Woods' career, his young niece Cheyenne is making a name for herself on the Ladies ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Niece raises awareness after asbestos death
The niece of a 'happy family man' who died from an asbestos-related illness has started a campaign to raise awareness of such conditions. «Eastbourne Herald, Jul 15»
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She Broke Couple's Window to Save Niece's Life. Instead of Giving …
The story is shockingly all-too-common: a child left locked in a car on a hot day. When mother-of-two Sarah Oropeza found out and saw the ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
9
MLK Jr.'s Niece Drops Massive Truth Bomb In Open Letter About …
In response to a series of disturbing videos apparently depicting Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvest and sale of organs from ... «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
10
Lewis Hamilton pays tribute to Jules Bianchi with Instagram snap of …
Lewis was clearly feeling sad about the loss, and captioned his photo: "I've just got to meet my beautiful new niece Willow. She was born only ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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