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1. (n.) uncle
a brother of one's father or mother.
2. uncle
an aunt's husband.
3. uncle
a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man.
4. uncle
(cap.)
5. uncle
say or cry uncle, to concede defeat.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L avunculus mother's brother; akin to OE èam uncle, L avus grandfather)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) uncle
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
2. (noun) uncle
a source of help and advice and encouragement
"he played uncle to lonely students"
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1. (noun) uncle
your mother's or father's brother, or the husband of your aunt
This is my uncle Charlie.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) uncle
the brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship
2. (noun) uncle
a pawnbroker
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Sense: the brother of a person's father or mother, or the husband of an aunt
He's my uncle; Hallo, Uncle Jim!
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 Afrikaans: oom |
 Arabic: عَم، خال |
 Bulgarian: чичи |
 Brazilian: tio |
 Czech: strýc |
 German: der Onkel |
 Danish: onkel |
 Greek: θείος |
 Spanish: tío |
 Estonian: onu |
 Farsi: عمو یا دایی؛ شوهر خاله یا |
 Finnish: setä |
 French: oncle |
 Hebrew: דוֹד |
 Hindi: चाचा, मामा, फूफा, मौसा |
 Croatian: ujak |
 Hungarian: nagybácsi |
 Indonesian: paman |
 Icelandic: föðurbróðir; móðurbróðir; |
 Italian: zio |
 Japanese: おじ |
 Korean: 삼촌, 백부, 숙부 |
 Lithuanian: dėdė |
 Latvian: tēvocis |
 Malay: pakcik |
 Dutch: oom |
 Norwegian: (fille)onkel, far-/morbro |
 Polish: wuj |
 Persian: عمو یا دایی؛ شوهر خاله یا |
 Pashto: اكا، كاكا، تره، ماما، دتر |
 Portuguese: tio |
 Romanian: unchi |
 Russian: дядя |
 Slovak: strýko, ujo |
 Slovenian: stric |
 Serbian: ujak ili stric |
 Swedish: farbror, morbror |
 Thai: ลุง |
 Turkish: amca, dayı |
 Taiwanese: 伯父，叔父，舅父 |
 Ukrainian: дядько |
 Urdu: چچا، ماموں، خالو، پھوپھا |
 Vietnamese: chú, bác, cậu , dượng |
 Chinese: 伯父，叔父，舅父 |
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