niece
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").
Example
“My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.”
Other meanings
A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law
Antonyms
- uncle
Related words
- nieceless
- niecely
- nieceship
- niefling
- stepniece
- grandniece
- great-niece
- half niece
- niece-in-law
- step-niece
- niece fucker
Word history
From Latin "neptis" (granddaughter).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “niece” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.