Nephew

//ˈnɛf.ju//

Synonyms for "nephew" (47 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

aunt auntie blood brother brethren brother bub bubba bud buddy country cousin

Strong matches (14)

cousin cousin once removed cousin twice removed daughter father first cousin foster brother frater grandnephew grandniece granduncle great-aunt great-uncle

Noun(1 words)

grandson

Related words (23)

half brother kid brother mother neve niece nuncle nunks nunky relative second cousin sis sissy sister sister-german sistern son stepbrother stepsister unc uncle

Show 2 more words

uncs uterine brother

Noun(1 words)

neve

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

3 entries

kinsman nephling nibling

Antonyms

3 entries

niece uncle

Synonyms

1 entries

neve

Related terms

4 entries

nepotism neve niece nift

coordinate

2 entries

niece nift

derived

19 entries

Welsh nephew cardinal nephew cardinal-nephew grandnephew great-great-nephew great-nephew half nephew half-nephew nephew fucker nephew-in-law nephewish nephewless nephewly nephewship nevvy niefling

Showing 16 of 19 words.

distinct from

1 entries

niece

etymologically related_to

1 entries

neve

is a

2 entries

kinsman nibling

part of

1 entries

family

related to

22 entries

boy boy relative brother brother in law brother son child fraternal nephew grandson niece relation relative sibling siblings siblings son sister sister in law

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

200 translations across 115 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

neef noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Albanian

1 entries

nip noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀδελφιδοῦς noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Arabic

4 entries

ابن أخ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
ابن أخت noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
اِبْنُ أَخٍ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
اِبْنُ أُخْتٍ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Armenian

4 entries

եղբոր տղա noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
եղբորորդի noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
քրոջ որդի noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
քրոջ տղա noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Aromanian

1 entries

nipot noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܒܲܪ ܐܲܚܵܐ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
ܒܲܪ ܚܵܬܵܐ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Asturian

1 entries

sobrín noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bacıoğlu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
qardaşoğlu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Basque

1 entries

iloba noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Belarusian

2 entries

пляме́ннік noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
пляме́ньнiк noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Bengali

1 entries

ভাইপো noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

भतीजा noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Bulgarian

1 entries

пле́менник noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Burmese

1 entries

တူ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Catalan

1 entries

nebot noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بِرازا noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

外甥 noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
姪 /侄 noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
姪子 /侄子 noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Czech

1 entries

synovec noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Dalmatian

1 entries

nepaut noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Danish

1 entries

nevø noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Dutch

1 entries

neef noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

East Frisian Low Saxon

1 entries

nêev noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Esperanto

1 entries

nevo noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Estonian

2 entries

vennapoeg noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
õepoeg noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Faroese

2 entries

bróðursonur noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
systursonur noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Finnish

2 entries

sisarenpoika noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
veljenpoika noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

French

1 entries

neveu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Friulian

1 entries

nevôt noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Galician

1 entries

sobriño noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Georgian

2 entries

დისწული noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
ძმისწული noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

German

1 entries

Neffe noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Greek

1 entries

ανιψιός noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Greenlandic

1 entries

soraluaq noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

neve noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Hebrew

2 entries

אַחְיָן noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
אחיין noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Hindi

2 entries

भतीजा noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
भांजा noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Hungarian

1 entries

unokaöcs noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Icelandic

2 entries

bróðursonur noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
systursonur noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ido

1 entries

nevulo noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ilocano

1 entries

kaanakan a lalaki noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Indonesian

3 entries

kemenakan noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
keponakan noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
misan noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ingrian

1 entries

plemmäänikka noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

بَرادَرْزادِه noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
خواهَرْزادِه noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Irish

1 entries

nia noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Italian

1 entries

nipote noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Japanese

1 entries

甥 noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Kashmiri

3 entries

بؠنتھٕر noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
بابتھٕر noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
باپتھٕر noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Kazakh

2 entries

жиен noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
іні noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Korean

1 entries

조카 noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жээн noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
ини noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ladino

1 entries

sovrino noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Latin

4 entries

filius fratris noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
filius sororis noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
fratruelis noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nepos noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Lithuanian

1 entries

sūnėnas noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Lombard

1 entries

nevod noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Low German

4 entries

Broderjung noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Broderkind noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Brodersöhn noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Swesterjung noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Lushootseed

1 entries

staləł noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Macedonian

3 entries

бра́танец noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
внук noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
се́стричник noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Malay

3 entries

anak saudara noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
anak saudara lelaki noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
penakan noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Maltese

2 entries

neputi noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
neputija noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Marathi

1 entries

भाचा noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries

neve noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Middle English

2 entries

neve noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nevew noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Māori

3 entries

irāmutu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
tamaiti whakaangi noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
tapairu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Norman

1 entries

n'veu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

North Frisian

3 entries

Bröđerdreeng noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Nefi noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Sesterdreeng noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

méses noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Northern Sami

2 entries

oappábárdni noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
vieljabárdni noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

nevø noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Occitan

1 entries

nebot noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Old English

1 entries

nefa noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

sobrinho noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Old Irish

1 entries

nïa noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

Neffyu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Plemmenikj noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Polish

2 entries

bratanek noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
siostrzeniec noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Portuguese

1 entries

sobrinho noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Primitive Irish

1 entries

ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Quechua

1 entries

kuncha noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Romanian

1 entries

nepot noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Romansch

3 entries

neav noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
neiv noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nev noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Russian

2 entries

племя́нник noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
племя́ш noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Sardinian

4 entries

nabode noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nebode noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nebodi noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nepode noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

Fädder noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
Neeuwe noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

mac-bràthar noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
mac-peathar noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bratanac noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nećak noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
sestrić noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
sinovac noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Seri

1 entries

aac noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries

neve noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Sicilian

1 entries

niputi noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Slovak

1 entries

synovec noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Slovene

1 entries

nečak noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јеен noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Spanish

1 entries

sobrino noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Swahili

1 entries

mpwa noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Swedish

3 entries

brorson noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nevö noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
systerson noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Tagalog

1 entries

pamangking lalaki noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Tajik

3 entries

бародарзода noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
хоҳарзода noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
ҷиян noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Taos

1 entries

kìłuʼúna noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Tarifit

2 entries

ayyaw noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
tayyawt noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Telugu

1 entries

మేనల్లుడు noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Thai

1 entries

หลานชาย noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Turkish

1 entries

erkek yeğen noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýegen noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Ukrainian

2 entries

не́біж noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
племі́нник noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Urdu

2 entries

بَھتِیجا noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
بھان٘جا noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Uyghur

1 entries

جىيەن noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Uzbek

1 entries

jiyan noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Venetan

2 entries

neodo noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
nevódo noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cháu trai noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Volapük

4 entries

blodacil noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
blodahicil noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
blodahinef noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
blodanef noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Walloon

1 entries

neveu noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Welsh

2 entries

nai noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)
neiaint noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

West-Frisian

1 entries

neef noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּלימעניק noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Yámana

1 entries

yamana-maku noun (fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My nephew was accustomed to sitting up late.

Source: tatoeba (25707)

A nephew is a son of one's brother or sister.

Source: tatoeba (25708)

John is my nephew.

Source: tatoeba (52588)

My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.

Source: tatoeba (250228)

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