[ˈnɛfjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law
(e.g: he held up his little nephew in his arms)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe