different between goddaughter vs niece

English

Etymology

From Middle English goddoghter, goddo?ter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god +? daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).

Noun

goddaughter (plural goddaughters)

1. A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Related terms

• godchild
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson

Translations

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih? (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /ni?s/
• (General American) enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /nis/
• Rhymes: -i?s
• Homophones: Nice

Noun

niece (plural nieces)

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").

Synonyms

• nift (obsolete)

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender) nephew
• (with regard to ancestry) aunt, uncle

Hypernyms

• nephling
• nibling

Derived terms

• grandniece

Translations

See also

• dad / mom
• brother / sister
• grandfather / grandmother
• cousin
• step-

Anagrams

• Eceni, Neice

Danish

Etymology

From French nièce (“niece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni??s?/, [ni???s?]

Noun

niece c (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)

1. niece

Inflection

Synonyms

• (fraternal niece): brordatter
• (sororal niece): søsterdatter

Antonyms

• brorsøn ("fraternal nephew")
• nevø ("nephew")
• søstersøn("sororal nephew")

Further reading

• niece on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Old French

Alternative forms

• nece

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *neptia, from Latin neptis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ni??.ts?/

Noun

niece f (oblique plural nieces, nominative singular niece, nominative plural nieces)

1. niece

Descendants

• English: niece
• French: nièce

See also

• neveu
• oncle

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French nièce, from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Italic *néptih?.

Noun

niece c

1. (somewhat formal) niece

Declension

Hyponyms

• brorsdotter (“fraternal niece”)
• systerdotter (“sororal niece”)

See also

• nevö (“nephew”)

References

• niece in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).