neveu

neveu

1. second-person plural present indicative form of nevar
2. second-person plural present subjunctive form of nevar
3. second-person plural imperative form of nevar

From Old French neveu, from Latin nepōs, nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

• IPA^(key): /nə.vø/

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neveu m (plural neveux)

1. nephew

• nièce

• “neveu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• neuve, venue

neveu

1. Alternative form of nevew

• nevo
• nevold, nevuld (Song of Roland)
• nevou
• nevu

From Latin nepōtem, accusative singular of nepōs. The nominative form niés derives from the Latin nominative.

neveu m (oblique plural neveus, nominative singular niés, nominative plural neveu)

1. nephew
2. grandson

• niece

• English: nephew (borrowed)
• Middle French: nepveu
  • French: neveu
• Norman: n'veu