Niece in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Niece

You can make 14 words from 'niece' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 5 letters words from 'niece'
• 4 letters words from 'niece'
• 3 letters words from 'niece'
• 2 letters words from 'niece'

5 letters words from 'niece'

NIECE 7

4 letters words from 'niece'

CINE 6	EINE 4
NICE 6

3 letters words from 'niece'

CEE 5	EEN 3
ENE 3	ICE 5
NEE 3	NIE 3

2 letters words from 'niece'

EE 2	EN 2
IN 2	NE 2

Definitions and meaning of niece

niece

Etymology

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /niːs/
• (General American) enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /nis/
• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophones: Nice

Noun

niece (plural nieces)

1. A daughter of one’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").

   My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender) nephew
• (with regard to ancestry) aunt, uncle

Hypernyms

• nephling
• nibling

Derived terms

• grandniece

Translations

See also

• dad / mom
• brother / sister
• grandfather / grandmother
• cousin
• step-

Anagrams

• Eceni, Neice

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Danish

Etymology

From French nièce (“niece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niɛːsə/, [niˈɛːsə]

Noun

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

1. niece

Inflection

Synonyms

• (fraternal niece): brordatter
• (sororal niece): søsterdatter

Antonyms

• brorsøn ("fraternal nephew")
• nevø ("nephew")
• søstersøn("sororal nephew")

Further reading

• niece on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Old French

Alternative forms

• nece

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *neptia, from Latin neptis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni̯e.t͡sə/

Noun

niece f (oblique plural nieces, nominative singular niece, nominative plural nieces)

1. niece

Descendants

• English: niece
• French: nièce

See also

• neveu
• oncle

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French nièce, from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Italic *néptih₂.

Noun

niece c

1. (somewhat formal) niece

Declension

Hyponyms

• brorsdotter (“fraternal niece”)
• systerdotter (“sororal niece”)

See also

• nevö (“nephew”)

References

• niece in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

Source: wiktionary.org

• a daughter of one's brother of sister.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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