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Meaning of niece | Babel Free

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

Afrikaans niggie
Azərbaycanca bacıqızı qardaşqızı
Беларуская пляменніца
Български племенница
Català neboda
Čeština neteř
Cymraeg nith
Deutsch Nichte
Ελληνικά ανεψιά ανιψιά
Esperanto nevino
Español sobrina
Euskara iloba
Français Nièce
Gaeilge neacht
Galego sobriña
עברית אחיינית
हिन्दी भतीजी भांजी
Magyar unokahúg
Bahasa Indonesia kemenakan keponakan
Italiano nipote
日本語
Қазақша жиен қарындас
한국어 조카 조카딸
Кыргызча жээн карындаш
Latina fratruelis nepta neptia sobrina
Македонски сестрична
Bahasa Melayu anak saudara penakan ponakan
Malti neputija
Nederlands nicht nichtje
Português sobrinha
Română nepoată
Русский племянница
Slovenščina nečakinja
Shqip mbesë
Kiswahili mpwa
తెలుగు మేనకోడలు
Türkmençe ýegen
Tagalog pamangkin
Українська небо́га племінниця

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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