sobrina

See also: sobriña

Asturian

Noun

sobrina f (plural sobrines)

1. niece

Related terms

• sobrín

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sobrina (“niece”), from Latin sōbrīna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sobrina

1. niece

Coordinate terms

• sobrino

Latin

Etymology

The feminine counterpart to sōbrīnus, q.v.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soːˈbriː.na/, [s̠oːˈbriːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈbri.na/, [soˈbriːnä]

Noun

sōbrīna f (genitive sōbrīnae, masculine sōbrīnus); 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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōbrīna	sōbrīnae
Genitive	sōbrīnae	sōbrīnārum
Dative	sōbrīnae	sōbrīnīs
Accusative	sōbrīnam	sōbrīnās
Ablative	sōbrīnā	sōbrīnīs
Vocative	sōbrīna	sōbrīnae

Related terms

• sōbrīnus

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sōbrīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈbɾina/ [soˈβ̞ɾi.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: so‧bri‧na

Noun

sobrina f (plural sobrinas)

1. female equivalent of sobrino (“niece”)

Derived terms

• sobrina bisnieta
• sobrina nieta
• sobrina segunda
• sobrina tercera

 

Related terms

• sobrino

 

Further reading

• “sobrino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16