niece
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- /niːs/
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sobrina
- My sister called to tell me that my niece is learning to ride a bike.
- nieces and nephews
- daughter and niece
- uncle and niece
Especially when he's talking to his niece or his sister.
- Especially when he's talking to his niece or his sister.
- And, you know, he hasn't seen my niece as a teenager.
- And when he was ill and dying, his niece visited him.
- Imagine you're like, I don't know, nephew, niece, son, daughter.
- I was actually talking to my niece about YouTube.
- It opens with her niece, her young child niece, asking her a question.
- My brothers, my sisters, my nephews and my nieces, all business, all weekend.
- I've got black nieces and nephews and such.
- So I have multiple teenage nieces at this point and nephews.
- And that includes girlfriends, boyfriends, parents, nieces, aunts, uncles, that kind of thing.
- You are my niece and you belong to Old New York.
Examples
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Carlos, I want to see my sister and my niece in person.
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When I opened the door I saw Emily, my niece standing there.
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And so I get A and my niece works at the law firm.
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Because your niece is making me very tired.
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It's a letter that was sent to me by my niece a few months before she died.
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I was actually talking to my niece about YouTube.
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I asked my niece the other day, "What's four plus four?"
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And when he was ill and dying, his niece visited him.
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Oh, honey, you won't believe what your baby niece did today.
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I am running late for my niece's christening.
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Etymology
Niece comes from the old Latin word neptis, which meant 'granddaughter' or 'female family member', and it entered English through Old French. It is from the same root as nephew, so niece today means the daughter of your brother or sister.