noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a son of your niece or nephew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: great-nephew
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nephew
History
Etymology
From grand- + nephew.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
besnebot
— grandson of a sibling
Catalan:
renebot
— grandson of a sibling
Catalan:
neboder
— grandson of a sibling
Chinese Mandarin:
侄孫
(zhísūn)
— grandson of a sibling
Czech:
prasynovec
— grandson of a sibling
Dutch:
achterneef
— grandson of a sibling
Dutch:
oudoomzegger
— grandson of a sibling
Esperanto:
pranevo
— grandson of a sibling
French:
petit-neveu
— grandson of a sibling
French:
petit-neveu fraternel
— grandson of a sibling
French:
petit-neveu sororel
— grandson of a sibling
Galician:
sobriño neto
— grandson of a sibling
Georgian:
დისწულის ვაჟი
(disc̣ulis važi)
— grandson of a sibling
Georgian:
ძმისწულის ვაჟი
(ʒmisc̣ulis važi)
— grandson of a sibling
Georgian:
დის შვილიშვილი
(dis švilišvili)
— grandson of a sibling
Georgian:
ძმის შვილიშვილი
(ʒmis švilišvili)
— grandson of a sibling
German:
Großneffe
— grandson of a sibling
Hebrew:
נכדן
(nekhdan)
— grandson of a sibling
Ido:
posnevulo
— grandson of a sibling
Irish:
garnia
— grandson of a sibling
Italian:
pronipote
— grandson of a sibling
Japanese:
又甥
(mataoi)
— grandson of a sibling
Japanese:
大甥
(ōoi)
— grandson of a sibling
Latin:
nepos fratris
— grandson of a sibling
Latin:
nepos sororis
— grandson of a sibling
Malay:
cucu saudara
— grandson of a sibling
Portuguese:
sobrinho-neto
— grandson of a sibling
Russian:
внуча́тый племя́нник
(vnučátyj plemjánnik)
— grandson of a sibling
