nibling
Meaning
Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece.
Synonyms
Translations
nipote
sobrino
ابن الاخت
nebot
Neffe
ανιψιός
neveu
برازا
filius sororis
neefPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɪblɪŋ/
Etymology
Blend of nephew or niece + sibling, coined by the American linguist Samuel Elmo Martin (1924–2009) in 1951.
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