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Niːs Niece Noun Bre Daughter Brother Native Audio

Word niece
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Phonetic BrE / niːs / NAmE / niːs /
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niece

(noun)BrE / niːs / NAmE / niːs /
  1. the daughter of your brother or sister; the daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister
    • compare nephew
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nephew

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin neptis ‘granddaughter’, feminine of nepos ‘nephew, grandson’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch nicht, German Nichte.
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