niece

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /niːs/    美 /nis/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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").
    — My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.
  2. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

词形变化

nieces plural

词汇关系

近义词
nift
反义词
nephew aunt uncle
上位词
nephling nibling
衍生词
grandniece great-niece half niece niece fucker niece-in-law nieceless niecely nieceship niefling step-niece stepniece
相关词
dad mom brother sister grandfather grandmother cousin step-

词源

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.
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