nephew

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• nĕfʹyo͞o
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• /ˈnɛf.ju/
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• Received-Pronunciation, dated: /ˈnɛv.ju/
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English surname, from the noun nephew.

From Middle English nevew, neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos, nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts (“nephew, grandson”), whence also French neveu, Italian nipote. Displaced or absorbed the inherited English neve (“nephew, grandson, male cousin”), from Middle English neve, from Old English nefa, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew, grandson”), whence Dutch neef, German Neffe. All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian nećak, Irish nia, Persian نوه (nave). Doublet of neve. Spelt with -ph- by readaptation to Latin nepos since the 15th century, which later triggered the spelling pronunciation with /f/.

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: neef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Albanian: nip — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Southern Altai: јеен (ǰeen) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Arabic: اِبْنُ أَخٍ (ibnu ʔaḵin) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Arabic: اِبْنُ أُخْتٍ (ibnu ʔuḵtin) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Arabic: ابن أخ (ebn ʔaḵḵ) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Arabic: ابن أخت (ebn ʔoḵt) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܐܲܚܵܐ (bar aḵā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܚܵܬܵܐ (bar ḵātā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Armenian: եղբորորդի (eġborordi) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Armenian: եղբոր տղա (eġbor tġa) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Armenian: քրոջ որդի (kʻroǰ ordi) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Armenian: քրոջ տղա (kʻroǰ tġa) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Aromanian: nipot — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Asturian: sobrín — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Azerbaijani: qardaşoğlu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Azerbaijani: bacıoğlu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Basque: iloba — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Belarusian: пляме́ннік (pljamjénnik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Belarusian: пляме́ньнiк (pljamjénʹnik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Bengali: ভাইপো (bhaipō) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Bhojpuri: भतीजा (bhatījā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Bulgarian: пле́менник (plémennik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Burmese: တူ (tu) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Catalan: nebot — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Chinese Mandarin: 姪 /侄 (zhí) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Chinese Mandarin: 姪子 /侄子 (zhízǐ) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Chinese Mandarin: 外甥 (wàishēng) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Czech: synovec — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Dalmatian: nepaut — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Danish: nevø — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Dutch: neef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• East Frisian Low German: nêev — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Esperanto: nevo — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Estonian: vennapoeg — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Estonian: õepoeg — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Faroese: bróðursonur — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Faroese: systursonur — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Finnish: veljenpoika — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Finnish: sisarenpoika — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• French: neveu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• North Frisian: Nefi — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• North Frisian: Bröđerdreeng — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• North Frisian: Sesterdreeng — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Saterland Frisian: Fädder — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Saterland Frisian: Neeuwe — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• West-Frisian: neef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Friulian: nevôt — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Galician: sobriño — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Georgian: დისწული (disc̣uli) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Georgian: ძმისწული (ʒmisc̣uli) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• German: Neffe — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Greek: ανιψιός (anipsiós) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ancient Greek: ἀδελφιδοῦς (adelphidoûs) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Greenlandic: soraluaq — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Haitian Creole: neve — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Hebrew: אחיין — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Hebrew: אַחְיָן (akhyán) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Hindi: भतीजा (bhatījā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Hindi: भांजा (bhāñjā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Hungarian: unokaöcs — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Icelandic: bróðursonur — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Icelandic: systursonur — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ido: nevulo — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ilocano: kaanakan a lalaki — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Indonesian: keponakan — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Indonesian: kemenakan — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Indonesian: misan — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ingrian: plemmäänikka — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Irish: nia — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Old Irish: nïa — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Primitive Irish: ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Italian: nipote — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Japanese: 甥 (oi) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kashmiri: باپتھٕر (bāpthụr) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kashmiri: بابتھٕر (bābthụr) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kashmiri: بؠنتھٕر (byanthụr) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kazakh: іні (ını) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kazakh: жиен (jien) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Korean: 조카 (joka) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Central Kurdish: بِرازا (biraza) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kyrgyz: ини (ini) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Kyrgyz: жээн (jeen) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ladino: sovrino — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Latin: sobrinus — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Latin: fratruelis — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Latin: filius fratris — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Latin: filius sororis — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Latin: nepos — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Lithuanian: sūnėnas — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Lombard: nevod — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Broderjung — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Brodersöhn — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Broderkind — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Süsterjung — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Swesterjung — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Süstersöhn — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Swestersöhn — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Süsterkind — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Low German: Swesterkind — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Lushootseed: staləł — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Macedonian: внук (vnuk) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Macedonian: бра́танец (brátanec) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Macedonian: се́стричник (séstričnik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Malay: anak saudara — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Malay: anak saudara lelaki — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Malay: penakan — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Maltese: neputi — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Maltese: neputija — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Māori: tamaiti whakaangi — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Māori: irāmutu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Māori: tapairu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Marathi: भाचा (bhācā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Mauritian Creole: neve — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Middle English: nevew — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Middle English: neve — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Norman: n'veu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Norwegian Bokmål: nevø — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Occitan: nebot — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Northern Ohlone: méses — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Old English: nefa — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Old Galician-Portuguese: sobrinho — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Pennsylvania German: Neffyu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Iranian Persian: بَرادَرْزادِه (barâdarzâde) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Iranian Persian: خواهَرْزادِه (xâharzâde) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Plautdietsch: Plemmenikj — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Polish: bratanek — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Polish: siostrzeniec — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Portuguese: sobrinho — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Quechua: kuncha — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Romanian: nepot — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Romansh: nev — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Romansh: neiv — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Romansh: neav — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Russian: племя́нник (plemjánnik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Russian: племя́ш (plemjáš) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Northern Sami: vieljabárdni — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Northern Sami: oappábárdni — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sardinian: nebode — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sardinian: nebodi — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sardinian: nabode — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sardinian: nepode — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sardinian: nepote — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-bràthar — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-peathar — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: братанац (fraternal) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: синовац (fraternal) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: сестрић (sororal) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: нећак (either) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: bratanac — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: sinovac — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: sestrić — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Serbo-Croatian: nećak — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Seri: aac — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Seychellois Creole: neve — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Sicilian: niputi — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Slovak: synovec — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Slovene: nečak — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Upper Sorbian: nefa — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Spanish: sobrino — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Swahili: mpwa — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Swedish: nevö — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Swedish: brorson — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Swedish: systerson — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tagalog: pamangking lalaki — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tajik: бародарзода (barodarzoda) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tajik: хоҳарзода (xoharzoda) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tajik: ҷиян (jiyan) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Taos: kìłuʼúna — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tarifit: ayyaw — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Tarifit: tayyawt — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Telugu: మేనల్లుడు (mēnalluḍu) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Thai: หลานชาย (lǎan-chaai) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Turkish: erkek yeğen — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Turkmen: ýegen — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ukrainian: племі́нник (plemínnyk) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Ukrainian: не́біж (nébiž) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Urdu: بَھتِیجا (bhatījā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Urdu: بھان٘جا (bhāñjā) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Uyghur: جىيەن (jiyen) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Uzbek: jiyan — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Venetan: nevódo — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Venetan: neodo — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Vietnamese: cháu trai — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: nef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: hinef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: blodanef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: blodahinef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: blodason — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: söranef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: sörahinef — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: sörason — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: blodacil — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: blodahicil — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: söracil — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Volapük: sörahicil — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Walloon: neveu — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Welsh: nai — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Welsh: neiaint — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Yámana: yamana-maku — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
• Yiddish: פּלימעניק (plimenik) — fraternal or sororal nephew — see also fraternal nephew, sororal nephew