different between niece vs nieve

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).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?v/

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. variant form of nief

Anagrams

• envie

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñeve

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow

Related terms

• nevar

Ladino

Noun

nieve f (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of inyeve

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ni?v], [n?v]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [n?v]

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. fist
2. handful, fistful

Derived terms

Related terms

• nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)

Verb

nieve (third-person singular present nieves, present participle nievin, past nievit, past participle nievit)

1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
2. (of fish) to catch in the hand

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?njebe/, [?nje.??e]

Etymology 1

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *sníg??s. Compare Italian neve, Portuguese neve, Walloon nive.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow
2. (Mexico) ice cream

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nieve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nevar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nevar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nevar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of nevar.

Further reading

• “nieve” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.