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fraternal nephew

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The son of one's brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِبْنُ الأَخ (ibnu l-ʔaḵ) — brother's son
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܐܲܚܵܐ (bar aḵā) — brother's son
  • Armenian: եղբորորդի (eġborordi) — brother's son
  • Azerbaijani: qardaşoğlu — brother's son
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姪 /侄 — brother's son
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姪仔 /侄仔 (zat6 zai2) — brother's son
  • Chinese: 姪仔 /侄仔 (ti̍t-á) — brother's son
  • Chinese: 孫仔 /孙仔 (sun-á) — brother's son
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姪兒 /侄儿 (zhír) — brother's son
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姪子 /侄子 (zhízi) — brother's son
  • Danish: brorsøn — brother's son
  • Esperanto: frata nevo — brother's son
  • Estonian: vennapoeg — brother's son
  • Finnish: veljenpoika — brother's son
  • German: Brudersohn — brother's son
  • German: Bruderssohn — brother's son
  • Hindi: भतीजा (bhatījā) — brother's son
  • Icelandic: bróðursonur — brother's son
  • Kashmiri: باپتھٕر (bāpthụr) — brother's son
  • Kashmiri: بابتھٕر (bābthụr) — brother's son
  • Central Kurdish: برازا (braza) — brother's son
  • Latin: fīlius frātris — brother's son
  • Latvian: brāļadēls — brother's son
  • Low German: Broderjung — brother's son
  • Low German: Brodersöhn — brother's son
  • Low German: Broderkind — brother's son
  • Marathi: पुतण्या (putaṇyā) — brother's son
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brorsønn — brother's son
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brorson — brother's son
  • Old English: brōþorsunu — brother's son
  • Old Tupi: a'yra — brother's son
  • Pashto: وراره — brother's son
  • Polish: bratanek — brother's son
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac-bràthar — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: бра̏тић — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: брата́нац — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: сино́вац — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: brȁtić — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: bratánac — brother's son
  • Serbo-Croatian: sinóvac — brother's son
  • Lower Sorbian: bratšowy syn — brother's son
  • Upper Sorbian: bratrowy syn — brother's son
  • Upper Sorbian: bratrowc — brother's son
  • Spanish: sobrino fraternal — brother's son
  • Swedish: brorson — brother's son
  • Udi: вичегъар (vičeɣar) — brother's son
  • Ukrainian: брата́н (bratán) — brother's son
  • Ukrainian: брата́нець (bratánecʹ) — brother's son
  • Ukrainian: брата́нич (bratányč) — brother's son
  • Ukrainian: племі́нник (plemínnyk) — brother's son
  • Ukrainian: не́бі́ж (nébíž) — brother's son
  • Volapük: blodason — brother's son
  • Welsh: mab brawd — brother's son
  • Welsh: nai fab brawd — brother's son
  • Zazaki: braza — brother's son