grand-niece
Definition
- Noun:
- A daughter of one's nephew or niece: "grand-niece" refers to the female child of a person's nephew or niece. It indicates a familial relationship that is two generations below the speaker, specifically through a sibling's child.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- My brother's daughter has a daughter, so that little girl is my grand-niece. (The speaker's sibling's child's female child.)
- She is my grand-niece, the daughter of my niece Sarah. (The female child of the speaker's niece.)
Advanced Usage
- "great-grand-niece": a more distant relationship — the daughter of a grand-niece or grand-nephew.
- Her great-grand-niece visited from abroad. (The female descendant three generations below.)
Variants and Related Words
Grand-nephew (n): the male counterpart — the son of one's nephew or niece.
- My grand-nephew is studying engineering. (The male child of a nephew or niece.)
Great-grand-niece (n): the daughter of a grand-niece or grand-nephew.
- The family tree includes several great-grand-nieces. (Female descendants three generations below.)
Synonyms
- Great-niece: an alternative term with the same meaning; "grand-niece" and "great-niece" are used interchangeably in modern English.
- She is my great-niece. (Equivalent to grand-niece.)
Related Idioms
- (No common idioms exist for this specific familial term; it is used literally in genealogical or family contexts.)