grandnephew

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noun

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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Meanings

noungrandnephew (plural grandnephews)

plural grandnephews · alternative grand-nephew

  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.)

    Synonyms: great-nephew

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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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More synonyms by meaning

nouna son of your niece or nephew

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great-nephew
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nephew
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great-nephew

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From grand- + nephew.

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Translations

Catalan besnebot, renebot
  • besnebotgrandson of a sibling
  • renebotgrandson of a sibling
  • nebodergrandson of a sibling
Chinese Mandarin 侄孫
  • 侄孫 (zhísūn)grandson of a sibling
Czech prasynovec
  • prasynovecgrandson of a sibling
Dutch achterneef, oudoomzegger
  • achterneefgrandson of a sibling
  • oudoomzeggergrandson of a sibling
Esperanto pranevo
  • pranevograndson of a sibling
French petit-neveu, petit-neveu fraternel
  • petit-neveugrandson of a sibling
  • petit-neveu fraternelgrandson of a sibling
  • petit-neveu sororelgrandson of a sibling
German Großneffe
  • Großneffegrandson of a sibling
Hebrew נכדן
  • נכדן (nekhdan)grandson of a sibling
Irish garnia
  • garniagrandson of a sibling
Italian pronipote
  • pronipotegrandson of a sibling
Japanese 又甥, 大甥
  • 又甥 (mataoi)grandson of a sibling
  • 大甥 (ōoi)grandson of a sibling
Latin nepos fratris, nepos sororis
  • nepos fratrisgrandson of a sibling
  • nepos sororisgrandson of a sibling
Malay cucu saudara
  • cucu saudaragrandson of a sibling
Portuguese sobrinho-neto
  • sobrinho-netograndson of a sibling
Russian внуча́тый племя́нник
  • внуча́тый племя́нник (vnučátyj plemjánnik)grandson of a sibling
Slovak prasynovec
  • prasynovecgrandson of a sibling
Spanish resobrino, sobrino nieto
  • resobrinograndson of a sibling
  • sobrino nietograndson of a sibling
Welsh gornai
  • gornaigrandson of a sibling
Cite this entry
APA

grandnephew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandnephew

MLA

“grandnephew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandnephew. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandnephew,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandnephew.

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