grandnephew

English

Etymology

From 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 (ja) (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