Niece definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Niece definition: Someone's niece is the daughter of their sister or brother. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'niece'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× niece (niːs ) Wordforms:pluralnieces countablenoun[oftpossNOUN] Someone'snieceisthedaughteroftheirsisterorbrother. ...hisniecefromAmerica,thedaughterofhiseldestsister. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof niece Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'niece' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'boda-boda' HindiTranslationof'niece' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency nieceinBritishEnglish (niːs ) nounadaughterofone'ssisterorbrother CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchniecegranddaughter,ultimatelyfromLatinneptisgranddaughter WordFrequency nieceinAmericanEnglish (nis ) noun1.  thedaughterofone'sbrotherorsister 2.  thedaughterofone'sbrother-in-laworsister-in-law 3.  anillegitimatedaughter,asofamedievalprelateaeuphemism Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEnece