NIECE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of niece in English niecenoun [ C ] uk /niːs/ us /niːs/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 a daughter of your brother or sister, or a daughter of your husband's or wife's brother or sister Compare nephew your relatives

• relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
• extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
• relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
• kinHe remained true to his kin.
• mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.

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• She only sees her niece occasionally, so she showers her with presents when she does.
• We bought our niece an annual subscription to the tennis club.
• My niece was showing me all the tricks that she's learned to do with her new magic set.
• I bought my niece one of those toy dogs on wheels.

Family: relations in general

• anti-family
• aunt
• auntie
• baby daddy
• baby mama
• family life
• family man
• family of something
• father
• father complex
• kinfolk
• kinship
• kinship network
• kinship term
• kinsman
• relationally
• relationship
• relative
• removed
• second cousin

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niece | American Dictionary

niecenoun [ C ] us /nis/ Add to word list Add to word list a daughter of someone’s brother or sister, or a daughter of someone’s husband’s or wife’s brother or sister (Definition of niece from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of niece

niece He saw one brother weekly and was in touch with one niece regularly. From the Cambridge English Corpus The relationships with nieces and nephews of those survivors who had married but had no children seemed to be associated with considerations of inheritance. From the Cambridge English Corpus Only two survivors claimed in 1999 to see a niece or nephew weekly. From the Cambridge English Corpus Within these categories, patterns of relationships with children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews are described. From the Cambridge English Corpus This system may allow more variations in the disposal of assets, since more kin categories, such as siblings, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, are often beneficiaries. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the last group, the carers were a neighbour, a son, a son and daughter-in-law, and a nephew and a niece. From the Cambridge English Corpus In these cases, nieces and nephews seem to substitute for the absence of nearby daughters or sons. From the Cambridge English Corpus In regard to older people, these included only adult children, and not siblings, nieces or nephews, or grandchildren. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is clear from the data that relationships with adult grandchildren, nieces and nephews become centrally important mainly in the absence of proximate children. From the Cambridge English Corpus Two young men are ferried to the island by an old man and his young niece. From the Cambridge English Corpus She corresponded with this niece and four great-nieces. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, other kin (parents, aunts and uncles, siblings, cousins, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews) of diverse ages are frequently cited as significant network members. From the Cambridge English Corpus Relationships with nieces or nephews tend to be infrequent and perfunctory unless an aunt or uncle has been a surrogate parent. From the Cambridge English Corpus Relationships were not always consistently with the same niece or nephew and some fluctuated during the course of the study. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of niece?

Translations of niece

in Chinese (Traditional) 侄女, 外甥女… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 侄女, 外甥女… See more in Spanish sobrina, sobrina [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese sobrinha, sobrinha [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Polish in Norwegian in Korean in Urdu in Italian भाची, पुतणी… See more 姪（めい）… See more kız yeğen… See more nièce [feminine]… See more neboda… See more మీ సోదరుడు లేదా సోదరి కుమార్తె లేదా మీ భర్త లేదా భార్య సోదరుడు లేదా సోదరి కుమార్తె… See more உங்கள் சகோதரர் அல்லது சகோதரியின் மகள், அல்லது உங்கள் கணவரின் அல்லது மனைவியின் சகோதரர் அல்லது சகோதரியின் மகள்… See more भतीजी, भाँजी… See more ভাইঝি… See more ભાણી/ભત્રીજી… See more bratanica, siostrzenica… See more niese [masculine]… See more (여자)조카… See more بھتیجی, بھانجی… See more nipote (di zii) (f)… See more Need a translator?

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• grand-niece
• great-niece
• great niece, at great-niece

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