nephew

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French neveu (modern neveu), from Latin nepos

[edit] Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈnɛv.ju/, SAMPA: /nEvju/ (somewhat dated) or IPA: /ˈnɛf.ju/, SAMPA: /nEfju/
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[edit] Noun

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Nephew

Singular
nephew

Plural
nephews

nephew (plural nephews)

A son of one's sibling; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

[edit] Antonyms

(with regards to gender) niece
(with regards to ancestry) uncle, aunt

[edit] Hypernyms

nibling

[edit] Derived terms

great-nephew

[edit] Translations

fraternal or sororal nephew

Albanian: nip sq(sq) m.
Arabic: ابن الاخ (íbni-l-’áx) m. (fraternal), ابن الاخت (íbni-l-’úxt) m. (sororal)
Armenian: եղբորորդի hy(hy) (eġborordi) (fraternal), քրոջ որդի hy(hy) (k'roǰ ordi) (sororal)
Catalan: nebot ca(ca) m.
Chinese: (fraternal) 姪 (zhí), 侄 (zhí), 姪子 (zhízǐ), 侄子 (zhízǐ); (sororal) 外甥 (wàishēng)
Croatian: sinovac hr(hr)
Czech: synovec cs(cs) m.
Danish: nevø da(da) c.
Dutch: neef nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: nevo eo(eo)
Estonian: vennapoeg et(et) (fraternal), õepoeg et(et) (sororal)
Finnish: veljenpoika fi(fi) (fraternal), sisarenpoika fi(fi) (sororal)
French: neveu fr(fr) m.
German: Neffe de(de) m.
Hebrew: אחיין ^(he) (akhyán) m.
Hungarian: unokaöcs hu(hu)
Icelandic: bróðursonur is(is) m. (fraternal), systursonur is(is) m. (sororal)
Ido: nevulo io(io)
Indonesian: keponakan id(id) / kemenakan id(id) / misan id(id) (either nephew or niece)
Irish: nia ga(ga) m.

Italian: nipote it(it) m.
Japanese: 甥 (おい, oi)
Korean: 조카 (joka)
Kurdish:

Sorani: برازا ku(ku) (birazá) (brother's son or daughter)
Latin: filius fratris (fraternal), filius sororis (sororal)
Maltese: nepputi mt(mt) m.
Polish: bratanek pl(pl) m. (fraternal), siostrzeniec pl(pl) m. (sororal)
Portuguese: sobrinho pt(pt) m.
Romanian: nepot ro(ro) m.
Russian: племянник ru(ru) (plemjánnik) m.
Scottish Gaelic: mac-bràthair m. (fraternal), mac-peathar m. (sororal)
Serbian: bratanac (fraternal), sinovac (fraternal), sestrić (sororal), nećak (either)
Seri: aac (of a male)
Slovak: synovec sk(sk) m.
Slovene: nečak sl(sl) m.
Spanish: sobrino es(es) m.
Swedish: nevö sv(sv) c., brorson sv(sv) c. (fraternal), systerson sv(sv) c. (sororal)
Taos: kìłu’úna
Telugu: మేనల్లుడు te(te)
Thai: หลานชาย (lăan chaai)
Turkish: yeğen tr(tr)

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CJKV Characters: 侄; 甥 (2, sororal nephew or niece)

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