see|nièce
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ni�s/, SAMPA|/ni:s/
audio|en-us-niece.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�s|-i�s

Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, ultimately from Latin neptis

Noun
en-noun

1. A daughter of someone�s brother (fraternal niece).
2. A daughter of someone�s sister (sororal niece).
3. A daughter of someone�s brother-in-law.
4. A daughter of someone�s sister-in-law.

Hypernyms
nibling

Translations
trans-top|fraternal or sororal niece
Albanian: mbesë f
Bulgarian: племенни�а f
Catalan: neboda f
Czech: nete� f
Danish: niece
Dutch: nicht f, nichtje f
French: nièce f
German: Nichte f
Greek: ανε�ιά (anepsiá) f
Hebrew: he-translation|����נ�ת|akhyanít f
Hungarian: unokahug
Irish: neacht f
Italian: nipote
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Japanese: 姪 (��, mei)
Korean: 조카� (jokaddal)
Portuguese: sobrinha f
Romanian: nepoat� f
Russian: плем�нни�а (plemjánnitsa) f
Serbian: sestri�ina f
Slovene: ne�akinja f
Spanish: sobrina f
Swedish: niece#Swedish|niece c
Thai: Thai|หลา�สาว (l�an s�ao)
Turkish: ye�en
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trans-top|fraternal niece
Arabic: Arab|ب�ت ا�أخ (bint al-�áx) f
Bulgarian: племенни�а f
Catalan: neboda f
Chinese: �女 (zhín�), 姪女 (zhín�)
Czech: nete� f
Danish: niece
Dutch: nicht f, nichtje f
Finnish: veljentytär
French: nièce fraternelle f
German: Nichte f
Hebrew: he-translation|����נ�ת|akhyanít f
Icelandic: bróðurdóttir f
Irish: iníon dearthár f
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Italian: nipote
Latin: filia fratris
Polish: bratanica f
Portuguese: sobrinha f
Romanian: nepoat� f
Russian: плем�нни�а (plemjánnitsa) f
Scottish Gaelic: nighean-bràthar f
Serbian: brati�ina f
Slovene: ne�akinja f
Spanish: sobrina fraternal f
Swedish: brorsdotter c
Turkish: ye�en
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trans-top|sororal niece
Arabic: Arab|ب�ت ا�أخت (bint al-�úxt) f
Bulgarian: племенни�а f
Catalan: neboda f
Chinese: �女 (sh�ngn�), ��女 (wàish�ngn�)
Czech: nete� f
Danish: niece
Dutch: nicht f, nichtje f
Filipino: pamangking babae
Finnish: sisarentytär
French: nièce sororelle f
Hebrew: he-translation|����נ�ת|akhyanít f
Icelandic: systurdóttir f
Irish: iníon deirféar f
trans-mid
Italian: nipote
Latin: filia sororis
Polish: siostrzenica f
Portuguese: sobrinha f
Romanian: nepoat� f
Russian: плем�нни�а (plemjánnitsa) f
Scottish Gaelic: nighean-peathar f
Seri: aac (of a male)
Spanish: sobrina sororal f
Swedish: systerdotter c
Turkish: ye�en
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Bulgarian: племенни�а f (1-4)
ttbc|CJKV Characters: 姪; � (2, niece or nephew)
ttbc|Esperanto: nevino (1,2)
ttbc|Estonian: vennatütar (1), õetütar (2)
ttbc|Filipino: pamangkin f (1-4)
ttbc|Indonesian: keponakan / kemenakan / misan (nephew or niece)
ttbc|Japanese: 姪 (��, mei)
ttbc|Latin: filia fratris mariti (3), filia fratris uxoris (3), filia sororis mariti (4), filia sororis uxoris (4)
ttbc|Slovak: neter f

Antonyms
italbrac|with regard to gender nephew
italbrac|with regard to ancestry aunt, uncle

See also
dad / mom
brother / sister
grandfather / grandmother
cousin
step-

Category:Family

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-r-c
niece c

1. niece#English|niece

Hyponyms
brorsdotter
systerdotter

es:niece
fr:niece
ko:niece
io:niece
it:niece
la:niece
ja:niece
pl:niece
pt:niece
ru:niece
simple:niece
fi:niece
ta:niece
te:niece
vi:niece
zh:niece

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