Definitions of Nephew [ˈnɛf yu;]

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Definition of 'Nephew'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nephew
a son of one's brother or sister.

2.  nephew
a son of one's spouse's brother or sister.

3.  nephew
an illegitimate son of a clergyman.

4.  nephew
Obs. a direct descendant, esp. a grandson.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME neveu < OF < L nepōtem, acc. of nepōs nephew, grandson, akin to OE nefa, D neef, G Neffe, ON nefi)

Definition of 'Nephew'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) nephew
a son of your brother or sister

Definition of 'Nephew'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) nephew
the son of your brother or sister
I have one nephew and two nieces.

Definition of 'Nephew'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Nephew
a grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant

2. (noun) Nephew
a cousin

3. (noun) Nephew
the son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law

Translation of 'Nephew'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the son or daughter of a brother or sister My sister's two sons are my nephews, and I am their uncle.
Afrikaans: neef, broerskind, susters	Arabic: إبْن الأخ أو إبْن الأخْت	Bulgarian: племенник
Brazilian: sobrinho	Czech: synovec, neteř	German: der Neffe, die Nichte
Danish: nevø	Greek: ανιψιός, ανιψιά	Spanish: sobrino; sobrina
Estonian: vennapoeg, -tütar, õepoeg	Farsi: پسر برادروخواهر	Finnish: sisaren/veljen lapsi
French: neveu, nièce	Hebrew: אַחייָן/ית	Hindi: भतीजा, भांजा
Croatian: nećak	Hungarian: unokaöcs	Indonesian: kemenakan laki-laki
Icelandic: frændi; bróður– eða systu	Italian: nipote (maschio; di zio o	Japanese: 甥
Korean: 조카	Lithuanian: sūnėnas, dukterėčia	Latvian: brāļadēls; māsasdēls; brā
Malay: anak saudara, anak buah l	Dutch: neef	Norwegian: nevø/niese
Polish: bratanek, siostrzeniec	Persian: پسر برادروخواهر	Pashto: يا وراره خورځه
Portuguese: sobrinho	Romanian: nepot	Russian: племянник
Slovak: synovec; neter	Slovenian: nečak	Serbian: nećak
Swedish: bror-, systerson, brors-,	Thai: หลานชาย	Turkish: (erkek) yeğen
Taiwanese: 姪子，外甥	Ukrainian: небіж, племінник	Urdu: بھتيجا بھانجہ
Vietnamese: cháu trai	Chinese: 侄子，外甥
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