sobrina

See also: sobriña

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbɾina/ [soˈβ̞ɾi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: so‧bri‧na

Noun

sobrina f (plural sobrines)

  1. niece

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sobrina (niece), from Latin sobrīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbɾina/, [soˈbɾi.na]
  • Hyphenation: sob‧ri‧na

Noun

sobrina

  1. niece

Coordinate terms

Latin

Etymology

The feminine counterpart to sobrīnus, q.v.

Pronunciation

Noun

sobrīna f (genitive sobrīnae, masculine sobrīnus); first declension

  1. sororal niece
  2. (Late Latin) a cousin's child
    • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:
      Sobrini consobrinorum filii.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sobrīna sobrīnae
genitive sobrīnae sobrīnārum
dative sobrīnae sobrīnīs
accusative sobrīnam sobrīnās
ablative sobrīnā sobrīnīs
vocative sobrīna sobrīnae

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sobrīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbɾina/ [soˈβ̞ɾi.na]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: so‧bri‧na

Noun

sobrina f (plural sobrinas)

  1. female equivalent of sobrino: niece

Derived terms

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