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niece

/ˈnis/NEES
/ˈnis/NEES

Meaninga granddaughter

Common meaning: a sibling's daughter

Journey through time

  1. Latinneptis‘a granddaughter’source
  2. Late Latinneptia‘a niece’source
  3. Frenchniecesource
  4. Middle Englishnecesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa granddaughter → a sibling's daughterniece‘a sibling's daughter’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin neptis ‘a granddaughter’.

Roots

  • neptis Latin “a granddaughter”

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