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Word: Nephew
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈnɛvjuː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈnɛfjuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law
Short Definition:son of one's brother or sister
Examples:- he held up his little nephew in his arms
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