What does Uncle mean?
Definitions for Uncle
ˈʌŋ kəlun·cle
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Uncle.
Princeton's WordNet
unclenoun
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
unclenoun
a source of help and advice and encouragement
"he played uncle to lonely students"
Wiktionary
unclenoun
A brother or brother-in-law of someone's parent.
unclenoun
A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother.
unclenoun
A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
unclenoun
A pawnbroker.
unclenoun
A close male friend of the parents of a family.
unclenoun
an older male African-American person
uncleinterjection
A cry used to indicate surrender.
Etymology: uncle, from uncle, from oncle, from avunculus, diminutive of avus, from awo-. Displaced native Middle English eam (from Old English eam "maternal uncle", compare Old English fædera "paternal uncle") from the same root. More at eme.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unclenoun
The father’s or mother’s brother.
Etymology: oncle, Fr.
Hamlet punishes his uncle rather for his own death, than the murther of his father. Shakespeare Illustrated.
Wikipedia
Uncle
U.N.C.L.E. is an acronym for the fictional United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, a secret international intelligence agency featured in the 1960s American television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.. U.N.C.L.E. is an organization consisting of agents of all nationalities. Responsible for "maintaining political and legal order anywhere in the world", it is multinational in makeup and international in scope, protecting and defending nations regardless of size or political persuasion. U.N.C.L.E. operates in Communist and Third World countries the same way that it does in the Western nations. In the episode entitled "The Shark Affair," (episode 4 from season 1, from 1964) enforcement agent of U.N.C.L.E. Napoleon Solo reveals that U.N.C.L.E. is sponsored by the US, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Italy and Yugoslavia. Its primary opponent is the independent international criminal organization, THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).
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uncle
An uncle is a male individual who is a sibling of one's parent or married to one's parental sibling.
Webster Dictionary
Unclenoun
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
Unclenoun
a pawnbroker
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Uncle
ung′kl, n. the brother of one's father or mother: an old man generally: a pawnbroker.—n. Un′cleship, the state of being an uncle.—Uncle Sam, the United States or its people.—Talk like a Dutch uncle (see Dutch). [O. Fr. (Fr. oncle)—L. avunculus, extension of avus, a grandfather.]
Editors Contribution
uncle
The brother of one’s parent.
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Etymology and Origins
Uncle
How this name came to be applied to a pawnbroker was as follows:--Before the “spout” was introduced all those pledges which consisted of clothing were attached to a very large book, or uncus as it was called, conformably to the Latin description of the article, since the Lombards were the earliest pawnbrokers of history. When this uncus could accommodate nothing more, the rope from which it depended was unslung from the ceiling, and laid across the shoulders of an assistant, who then carried the whole collection to the store-rooms overhead. Hence an article which had been pledged was said to have “Gone to the Uncus,” or, as the modern phrase has it, “Gone to my Uncle’s.”
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Uncle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2931
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Uncle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2593
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Uncle' in Nouns Frequency: #1173
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Uncle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Uncle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Uncle in a Sentence
You need to protect yourself because you are not completely exempt from serious illness, and you can become the vector, or the carrier of infection, where you get infected, you feel well and then you inadvertently and innocently pass it on to your grandfather, your grandmother or an uncle who is on chemotherapy for cancer.
We were sad ; we try to take care of everything, only a week had gone by after my uncle passed, my grandfather went into the forest to sing for his death and he found new invaders, two White people hunting. They don't respect us.
I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10, and all of them need to be charged away from the bed on a phone charge strip. Everybody : Mom, Dad, uncle, partners, siblings.
Things were so bad and they needed money, she and my uncle in the military both sent allotments home. They were able to get a nice home for them.
Desmond Gardner Desmond Gardner:
All I could do was hold on tight, tell my uncle I loved him and pray.
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Translations for Uncle
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- ኣጎትAmharic
- عم, خالArabic
- əmi, dayıAzerbaijani
- дзядзька, дзядзяBelarusian
- чичо, стрико, калеко, свако, вуйчоBulgarian
- ཨ་ཞང, ཨ་ཁུTibetan Standard
- eontr da-heul, eontrBreton
- tio, oncleCatalan, Valencian
- strýček, strýcCzech
- ewythrWelsh
- farbror, onkel, morbrorDanish
- Onkel, OheimGerman
- tɔɖe, wɔfa, tɔgãEwe
- θείοςGreek
- onkloEsperanto
- tíoSpanish
- onuEstonian
- osabaBasque
- دائی, خالو, عموPersian
- setä, eno, enopuoli, kummisetä, setäpuoliFinnish
- tonton, oncleFrench
- omme, omkeWestern Frisian
- uncailIrish
- uncail, bràthair-athar, bràthair-màtharScottish Gaelic
- דּוֹדHebrew
- चाचा, ताया, मामा, अंकलHindi
- nagybácsiHungarian
- հորեղբայր, քեռիArmenian
- oncleInterlingua
- paman, omIndonesian
- onkluloIdo
- föðurbróðir, móðurbróðirIcelandic
- zioItalian
- דודHebrew
- おじさんJapanese
- ბიძაGeorgian
- немере ағаKazakh
- akkaq, akka, angaKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಚಿಕ್ಕಪ್ಪKannada
- 아저씨, 삼촌Korean
- apo, مام, خاڵKurdish
- patruus, avunculusLatin
- dėdėLithuanian
- tēvocis, tēva brālis, mātes brālisLatvian
- чичко, вујко, стрико, тетинMacedonian
- വല്യച്ചന്, അമ്മാവന്, മാമന്, ചെറിയച്ചന്Malayalam
- काका, मामाMarathi
- pakcik, bapa saudaraMalay
- oompje, suikeroom, oom, pandjesbaas, nonkelDutch
- onkelNorwegian
- adáʼí, azhéʼéyázhí, ayáázh, abízhíNavajo, Navaho
- oncle, quenqueOccitan
- stryjek, wuj, stryj, wujekPolish
- tioPortuguese
- aug, barbaRomansh
- unchiRomanian
- дядька, дядя, ростовщикRussian
- tziu, tiu, ciuSardinian
- čeahci, máhka, eahki, eanuNorthern Sami
- tečo, ujak, amidža, чико, чика, čika, течa, течо, чичa, даиџа, stric, tetak, teča, čiča, daidža, čiko, тетак, стриц, ујак, амиџаSerbo-Croatian
- stric, dundoSlovene
- ungji, fajdexhi, xhaxha, dajë, bacëAlbanian
- ingift, onkel, morbror, mor, svåger, farbror, farSwedish
- பெரியப்ப, சிதப்பTamil
- మామయ్యTelugu
- ลุงThai
- amca, enişte, dayıTurkish
- дядькоUkrainian
- چچاUrdu
- bác, chú, cậuVietnamese
- ziom, hiterVolapük
- פעטערYiddish
- 叔叔Chinese
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