Nephew Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈnɛfju/

NEF-yoo

UK

/nˈɛfjuː/

NEF-yoo

التعريف

A nephew is the son of your brother or sister, or the son of your spouse’s brother or sister.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Use 'nephew' for a male child in the next generation of the family. English does not usually distinguish whether he is from your brother or your sister, but some other languages do. The female equivalent is 'niece'.

• Spanish: sobrino
• Portuguese (BR): sobrinho
• Portuguese (PT): sobrinho
• Chinese (Simplified): 外甥 - 侄子
• Chinese (Traditional): 外甥 - 姪子
• Hindi: भांजा - भतीजा
• Arabic: ابن الأخت - ابن الأخ
• Bengali: ভাইপো - ভাগ্নে
• Russian: племянник
• Japanese: 甥
• Vietnamese: cháu trai
• Korean: 조카
• Turkish: yeğen (erkek)
• Urdu: بھتیجا - بھانجا
• Indonesian: keponakan laki-laki

جمل نموذجية

My nephew is ten years old.

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We visited our nephew in the hospital.

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Her nephew loves soccer.

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My nephew starts college this fall, and I still remember when he was a kid.

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I promised my nephew I'd help him build his first computer.

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Our nephew came over for dinner and ended up staying the whole weekend.

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