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niece

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
niːs

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. 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")
  3. 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").
  4. The daughter of one's brother or sister or of the brother or sister of one's spouse.
  5. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law
  6. the son or daughter of a brother or sister. My sister's two sons are my nephews, and I am their uncle. neef, broerskind, susterskind إبْن الأخ أو إبْن الأخْت племенник sobrinho synovec, neteř der Neffe, die Nichte nevø ανιψιός, ανιψιάsobrino; sobrina vennapoeg, -tütar, õepoeg, -tütar پسر برادروخواهر sisaren/veljen lapsi neveu, nièce אַחייָן/ית भतीजा, भांजा nećak unokaöcs kemenakan laki-laki frændi; bróður– eða systursonur nipote 甥 조카 sūnėnas, dukterėčia brāļadēls; māsasdēls; brāļameita; māsas...
  7. sobrina.
  8. a daughter of one's sister or brother
  9. a daughter of one's brother or sister.
  10. a daughter of one's spouse's brother or sister.
  11. an illegitimate daughter of a clergyman.
  12. n → Nichte f
    n

Equivalents

Españolsobrina
FrançaisNièce
DeutschNichte
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Afrikaansniggie
Azərbaycan dilibacıqızıqardaşqızı
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Българскиплеменница
Catalàneboda
Češtinaneteř
Cymraegnith
Ελληνικάανεψιάανιψιά
Esperantonevino
Euskarailoba
Gaeilgeneacht
Galegosobriña
עבריתאחיינית
Magyarunokahúg
Bahasa Indonesiakemenakankeponakan
Italianonipote
日本語
Қазақ тіліжиенқарындас
Кыргызчажээнкарындаш
Македонскисестрична
Nederlandsnichtnichtje
Portuguêssobrinha
Românănepoată
Русскийплемянница
Slovenščinanečakinja
Shqipmbesë
Kiswahilimpwa
తెలుగుమేనకోడలు
Türkmençeýegen
Tagalogpamangkin

Examples

“My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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