niece

/niːs/

nounniece

Remember: a nIECE has “IE” — like “I” am related to her.

Yes, it's niece. The tricky part is the vowel: it’s spelled **ie** (n-i-e-c-e) but sounds like a long **ee** (/iː/).

Definition

  1. nounthe daughter of your brother or sister (or of your spouse’s brother or sister)

Examples

  • My niece is starting third grade this fall.
  • I bought my niece a book for her birthday.
  • Their niece visited for the weekend and helped bake cookies.

Synonyms

brother’s daughtersister’s daughterrelative

Translations

ES sobrinaPT sobrinhaFR nièce

Common misspellings

neiceneeseneesnieseniecsnieiceniece niece.

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