nephew in American English · 1. a son of one's brother or sister · 2. a son of one's spouse's brother or sister · 3. an illegitimate son of a clergyman who has ...
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nephew
(nefjuː
,nev-
)
Wordforms:pluralnephews
countablenoun[oftpossNOUN]
Someone'snephewisthesonoftheirsisterorbrother.
Iamplanninga25thbirthdaypartyformynephew.
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nephewinBritishEnglish
(ˈnɛvjuː
,ˈnɛf-
)
nounasonofone'ssisterorbrother
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WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchneveu,fromLatinnepōs;relatedtoOldEnglishnefa,OldHighGermannevorelative
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nephewinAmericanEnglish
(ˈnɛfju
;ChieflyBritishˈnɛvju
)
noun1. a.
thesonofone'sbrotherorsister
b.
thesonofone'sbrother-in-laworsister-in-law
2.
anillegitimateson,asofamedievalprelateaeuphemism
3. Obsoletea.
grandson
b.
adescendant
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WordoriginMEneveuSansnapat,OEnefa
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nephewinAmericanEnglish
(ˈnefjuː,espBritˈnevjuː)
noun1. asonofone'sbrotherorsister
2. asonofone'sspouse'sbrotherorsister
3. anillegitimatesonofaclergymanwhohasvowedcelibacy(usedasaeuphemism)
4. obsolete
adirectdescendant,esp.agrandson
5. obsolete
aremotemaledescendant,asagrandnepheworcousin
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Wordorigin[1250–1300;MEneveu‹OF‹Lnepōtem,acc.ofnepōsnephew,grandson;akintoOEnefa,Dneef,GNeffe,ONnefi;thepseudo-etymologicalsp.withphhasinfluencedpron.]
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Hisyoungnieceandnephewareplayinginanearbyroom.TheGuardian(2016)Oneresidentsaidhisnieceandnephewweretrappedinsideoneofthebuildings.TheGuardian(2016)Domostpeoplebuytheirniecesandnephewspresents?TheGuardian(2018)Hewasanephewandgreatnephew.TheGuardian(2021)Hisnephewsaidthathehadconcernsaboutalackofpersonalprotectiveequipment.TheGuardian(2020)Thepresentsincludeddesignerclothesforhisyoungnieceandnephew.TheSun(2009)Sheissurvivedbyanieceandthreenephews.Times,SundayTimes(2012)Theactorhascomparedthesupermodel'sbodytothatofhisyoungnephew.TheSun(2008)ShewantsaplaceintrendyPrimroseHillsoshecanbeneartoherbrotherandnewbornnephew.TheSun(2010)Theyoungestofhersiblings,shewasregardedbyniecesandnephewsasoneofthemnotthegrown-ups.Times,SundayTimes(2010)
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/ˈnɛfyu/Arabic:اِبنُالْأَخِ
BrazilianPortuguese:sobrinho
Chinese:侄子或外甥
Croatian:nećak
Czech:synovec
Danish:nevø
Dutch:neef
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Finnish:sisarenpoika
sister'ssonFrench:neveu
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Greek:ανηψιός
Italian:nipote
Japanese:甥
Korean:조카
Norwegian:nevø
Polish:siostrzeniec
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Romanian:nepotRussian:племянник
LatinAmericanSpanish:sobrino
Swedish:brorson/systerson
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