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English
Etymology
grand- + nephew
Pronunciation
Noun
grandnephew (plural grandnephews)
- A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
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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
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