English

Etymology
From Old French neveu (French neveu), from L. nepos

Pronunciation
(RP): IPA|/�n�v.ju/, SAMPA|/nEvju/ (somewhat dated) or IPA|/�n�f.ju/, SAMPA|/nEfju/
audio|en-us-nephew.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

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

Hypernyms
nibling

Derived terms
great-nephew.

Translations
trans-top|fraternal or sororal nephew
Albanian: nip m
Armenian: Õ¦Õ¡Ö�Õ´Õ«Õ¯ (zarmik)
Catalan: nebot m
Croatian: sinovac
Czech: synovec m
Danish: nevø c
Dutch: neef m
Esperanto: nevo
French: neveu m
German: Neffe m
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|akhyán m
Hungarian: unokaöcs
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Irish: nia m
Italian: nipote m
Japanese: � (��, oi)
Korean: ì¡°ì¹´ (joka)
Kurdish: KUchar|برازا
Maltese: nepputi m
Portuguese: sobrinho m
Romanian: nepot m
Russian: плем�нник (plemjánnik) m
Slovene: ne�ak m ne�akinja f
Spanish: sobrino m sobrina f
Swedish: nevö c
Thai: Thai|หลา��าย (l�an chaai)
Turkish: ye�en
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trans-top|fraternal nephew
Arabic: Arab|اب� ا�اخ IPAchar|(íbni-l-�áx) m
Armenian: Õ¦Õ¡Ö�Õ´Õ«Õ¯ (zarmik)
Chinese: 姪 (zhí), � (zhí), 姪� (zhíz�), �� (zhíz�)
Danish: nevø c
Finnish: veljenpoika m
French: neveu fraternel m
German: Neffe (brüderlicherseits) m
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|akhyán m
Icelandic: bróðursonur m
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Irish: mac dearthár m
Polish: bratanek m
Romanian: nepot m
Russian: плем�нник (plemjánnik) m
Scottish Gaelic: mac-bràthair m
Slovene: ne�ak m
Spanish: sobrino m
Swedish: brorson c
Turkish: ye�en
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trans-top|sororal nephew
Arabic: Arab|اب� ا�اخت IPAchar|(íbni-l-�úxt) m
Armenian: Õ¦Õ¡Ö�Õ´Õ«Õ¯ (zarmik)
Chinese: �� (wàish�ng)
Danish: nevø c
Finnish: sisarenpoika m
French: neveu sororel m
German: Neffe (schwesterlicherseits) m
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|akhyán m
Icelandic: systursonur m
Irish: mac deirféar
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Polish: siostrzeniec m
Romanian: nepot m
Russian: плем�нник (plemjánnik) m
Scottish Gaelic: mac-peathar m
Seri: aac (of a male)
Slovene: ne�ak m
Spanish: sobrino m
Swedish: systerson c
Turkish: ye�en
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: [1,2,3,4] nebot m :ca:nebot|^
ttbc|CJKV Characters: �; � (2, sororal nephew or niece)
ttbc|Estonian: vennapoeg (fraternal), õepoeg (sororal)
ttbc|Indonesian: keponakan / kemenakan / misan (either nephew or niece)
ttbc|Latin: filius fratris (fraternal), filius sororis (sororal), filius fratris mariti or filius fratris uxoris (3), filius sororis mariti or filius sororis uxoris (4)
ttbc|Slovak: synovec m (1-4)
Telugu: మ�నల�ల�డ�

See also
aunt
niece
uncle

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