grandnephew

English

Etymology

grand- +‎ nephew

Pronunciation

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Noun

grandnephew (plural grandnephews)

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.)

Alternative forms

• grand-nephew

Synonyms

• great-nephew

Derived terms

• great-grandnephew

Translations

grandson of a sibling

• Catalan: besnebot (ca) m, renebot (ca) m, neboder (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侄孫 (zh) (zhísūn)

• Czech: prasynovec m
• Dutch: achterneef (nl) m, oudoomzegger
• Esperanto: pranevo
• French: petit-neveu (fr), (fraternal) petit-neveu fraternel, (sororal) petit-neveu sororel
• Galician: sobriño neto m
• Georgian: დისწულის ვაჟი (disc̣ulis važi), ძმისწულის ვაჟი (ʒmisc̣ulis važi), დის შვილიშვილი (dis švilišvili) (doesn't indicate grandchild's gender), ძმის შვილიშვილი (ʒmis švilišvili) (doesn't indicate grandchild's gender)
• German: Großneffe (de) m
• Hebrew: נכדן (he) m (nekhdan)
• Ido: posnevulo (io)
• Irish: garnia
• Italian: pronipote (it) m
• Japanese: 又甥 (またおい, mataoi), 大甥 (ja) (おおおい, ōoi)
• Latin: (fraternal) nepos fratris m, (sororal) nepos sororis m
• Malay: cucu saudara m
• Portuguese: sobrinho-neto (pt) m
• Russian: внуча́тый племя́нник (ru) m (vnučátyj plemjánnik)
• Slovak: prasynovec m
• Spanish: resobrino (es) m, sobrino nieto m
• Welsh: gornai m

See also

• nephew
• niece
• grandniece
• second cousin
• granduncle
• grandaunt