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niece

[nees]

noun

  1. a daughter of a person's brother or sister.

  2. a daughter of a person's spouse's brother or sister.



niece

/ Ծː /

noun

  1. a daughter of one's sister or brother

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of niece1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English nece, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin neptia (unrecorded), from Latin neptis “granddaughter”; replacing Middle English nifte, Old English nift; cognate with Old Frisian, Old High German nift, Dutch nicht, Old Norse nipt; akin to Lithuanian Աٱ̇̃, Sanskrit Բī; nephew
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Word History and Origins

Origin of niece1

C13: from Old French niece granddaughter, ultimately from Latin neptis granddaughter
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"When people are still missing, how can they possibly complete the DNA process by tomorrow? if my niece's remains have not even been found? The wait is killing us," he said.

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Then he swipes through his phone, showing pictures of his niece and nephew, including some that were taken just moments before they boarded the flight.

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In 2020, Harrison adopted her niece and nephew when her stepdad, who was looking after the children at the time, died suddenly.

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“I spent a lot of my life basically chasing jobs because I had a family to take care of,” recalled Ortiz, who adopted her seven nieces and nephews when she was in her early 20s.

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An executive order closed a tariff loophole that benefited Chinese fast fashion online retailers, much to my niece’s dismay.

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Spelling tips forniece

The word niece is hard to spell because it can be hard to remember the order of the i and e. Sometimes people want to spell it neice, which is incorrect.How to spell niece: The easiest way to remember how to spell niece is with the classic mnemonic device: “I before E, except after C."

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