nephew

---

see also: Nephew

---

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nĕ'fyo͞o, IPA: /ˈnɛf.ju/, /ˈnɛv.ju/
• (America) enPR: nĕ'fyo͞o, IPA: /ˈnɛf.ju/

Noun

nephew (plural nephews)

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).

   Synonyms: neve

   cot en

   Hypernyms: nibling

   hypo en

2. (archaic) A son of one's child.

   Synonyms: grandson

   • 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of Ovid, entytuled Metamorphoses, Book 1,

     Hir father many a time and oft would say my daughter deere,

     Of Nephewes thou my debtour art, their Graundsires heart to chéere.

Related terms

• nepotism
• neve
• niece
• nift

Translations

• French: neveu
• German: Neffe
• Italian: nipote
• Portuguese: sobrinho
• Russian: племя́нник
• Spanish: sobrino

---

Nephew

---

Proper noun

1. Surname

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002