Uncle

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

uncle, plural uncles

1. a brother of someone's father (paternal uncle)
2. a brother of someone's mother (maternal uncle)
3. a brother-in-law of someone's father
4. a brother-in-law of someone's mother

Antonyms

• aunt

Derived terms

• grand-aunt
• grand-uncle
• great aunt
• great uncle
• Uncle Sam

Translations

• Breton: eontr m (1,2), eontr da-heul (3,4), tonton m child's language
• Bulgarian: чичо m (1), вуйчо m (2)
• Catalan: [1,2,3,4] tiu m (ca) ; oncle m (ca)
• Chinese Characters: 叔 (1: younger brother), 尗 (1: younger brother), 伯 (1: elder brother)
• Chinese: 伯父 (baifu)
• Czech: strýc (1, 2), strýc z druhého kolena (3, 4) m
• Dutch: oom m, nonkel m (in Flanders), vaderlijke oom (1), moeder oom (2)
• Esperanto: onklo
• Finnish: setä (1), eno (2)
• French: oncle m, tonton m (familiar), oncle paternel (1), oncle maternel (2)
• Frisian: omke m
• German: Onkel m (de)
• Greek: θείος (theíos) (1,2,3,4)
• Guaraní: tuty (2)
• Hebrew: דּוֹד m (1,2,3,4)
•  : onklo
• Indonesian: paman , oom
• Interlingua: oncle , avunculo (1,2,3,4)

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• Italian: zio m, zio paterno (1), zio materno (2)
• Japanese: 叔父さん (おじさん, ojisan)
• Korean: 삼촌
• Latin: patruus (1), avunculus (2), patruus politicus (3), avunculus politicus (4)
• Pitjantjatjara: mama maḻatja (father's younger brother); mama puḻka (father's older brother); kamuṟu (mother's brother); kulypal , kulypalpa (mother's brother)
• Polish: wuj m, wujek m
• Portuguese: tio m (1,2,3,4); tio paterno (1,3); tio materno (2,4)
• Romanian: unchi m
• Russian: дядя (dyadya)
• Slovak: strýc, strýko (1), ujo, učok (2) m, svák (3, 4) m
• Spanish: tío m (1,2), tío paterno (1), tío materno (2)
• Swedish: farbror (1), morbror (2), onkel
• Tupinambá: uba (t-, t-) (1), tutyra (2)
• Turkish: amca (1), dayı (2), enişte (3,4)

See also

• aunt
• cousin
• grandparent
• nephew
• niece