Nephew

Noun

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

Antonyms

 * niece
 * uncle, aunt

Hypernyms

 * nibling

Derived terms

 * great-nephew
 * half nephew

Thesaurus
aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother

Etymology
neveu, nepheu "nephew, grandson" from neveu "nephew, grandson" (Modern French neveu "nephew") from  nepōtem, accusative of nepōs "nephew, grandson" from. Akin to nevo "nephew, grandson" ( Neffe "nephew"). Displaced native Middle English neve, neave "nephew, grandson" (from Old English nefa "nephew, grandson").

Pronunciation

 * , (somewhat dated) or ,

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ابن الأخ,  ابن الأخت
 * Armenian: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Basque: iloba
 * Catalan: nebot
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 姪, 侄, 姪子, 侄子,  外甥
 * Croatian: sinovac
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Faroese: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Finnish: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: भतीजा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: keponakan / kemenakan / misan (either nephew or niece)
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 甥, 兄の長男
 * Korean: 조카
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: برازا (brother's son or daughter)
 * Latin: filius fratris (fraternal), filius sororis (sororal), nepos
 * Maltese: nepputi
 * Polish: (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: mac-bràthair (fraternal), mac-peathar  (sororal)
 * Serbian: bratanac (fraternal), sinovac (fraternal), sestrić (sororal), nećak (either)
 * Seri: aac (of a male)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, (fraternal),  (sororal)
 * Taos: kìłu’úna
 * Telugu: మేనల్లుడు
 * Thai: หลานชาย
 * Turkish: erkek
 * Urdu: بھتیجا
 * Volapük: nef,  hinef