nieces
SayNEES-izUS/ˈnisɪz/UK/ˈniːsɪz/
- 1Plural of niece.
Both of his nieces graduated from college this spring.
She left equal shares of the estate to her three nieces.
Note
A regular plural, made with -s, that gathers several kinds of relative under one word. English can split them into fraternal nieces, the daughters of one's brothers, and sororal nieces, the daughters of one's sisters. The word also stretches to the daughters of a cousin or cousin-in-law. With a capital letter, Niece is a surname, so the Nieces can name a family rather than a set of relatives.
nieces is a form of niece
niece, noun: The daughter of one's sibling, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Full entry
- Forms
- niecenieces plural
- Spelling
- niece → nieces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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