NIECE
What does "NIECE" mean?
A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's spouse's brother or sister.
Meanings
- The daughter of one's sibling or sibling-in-law. Every summer his niece comes to stay and reorganizes his whole bookshelf.
- A granddaughter or other female descendant. In older wills the word 'niece' could mean any younger female kinswoman. archaic
Did you know?
- 'Niece' is a quiet cousin of 'nepotism': both descend from Latin 'nepos', and 'nepotism' originally named the popes' habit of handing church power to their nephews and nieces.
Word origin
From Old French 'niece', from Latin 'neptis' (granddaughter, niece), the feminine of 'nepos', which gives us 'nephew' and 'nepotism'.
Remember it
NIECE keeps 'i before e' but breaks the rhyme - and she's NICE with a swapped middle, the kind relative.
A little poem
She borrows my name and my crooked grin,
a second chance at the child I have been.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the niece win the family spelling bee? She always remembered to put i before e in her own title.
What it teaches
We pass our quirks sideways before we pass them down - watch how the children of your siblings carry you.
Quick facts
What does NIECE mean?
A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's spouse's brother or sister.
Is NIECE a valid word?
Yes — NIECE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NIECE?
NIECE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does NIECE come from?
From Old French 'niece', from Latin 'neptis' (granddaughter, niece), the feminine of 'nepos', which gives us 'nephew' and 'nepotism'.
What can NIECE teach us?
We pass our quirks sideways before we pass them down - watch how the children of your siblings carry you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.