niece

(Inglese)

  1. 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").
  2. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/niːs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

Related words

nipote femmina da parte di zi

nipote femmina da parte di zio

ανεψιά

ανιψιά

bratanica

siostrzenica

nièce fraternelle

nièce sororelle

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