how to pronounce niece

/niːs/

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niece is pronounced in one syllable

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iː

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An example use of niece in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… or niece or cousin or grandparent and we …”

meaning of niece

A niece is a daughter of one's brother or sister.

niece frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word niece occurs in english on average 10.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.