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An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an uncle of your father or mother
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: granduncle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: uncle
From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
besoncle
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Cantonese:
伯公
(baak3 gung1)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Cantonese:
叔公
(suk1 gung1)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Cantonese:
外伯公
(ngoi6 baak3 gung1)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Cantonese:
外叔公
(ngoi6 suk1 gung1)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Cantonese:
舅公
(kau5 gung1)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese:
伯公
(zh-min-nan)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese:
叔公
(chek-kong)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese:
舅公
(kū-kong)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
伯祖
(bózǔ)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
伯公
(bógōng)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
伯祖父
(bózǔfù)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
叔祖
(shūzǔ)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
叔公
(shūgōng)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
叔祖父
(shūzǔfù)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
舅爺 /舅爷
(jiùyé)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
舅祖
(jiùzǔ)
— uncle of one's parent
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Chinese Mandarin:
舅公
(jiùgōng)
— uncle of one's parent
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Czech:
prastrýc
— uncle of one's parent
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Dutch:
oudoom
— uncle of one's parent
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Esperanto:
praonklo
— uncle of one's parent
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Finnish:
isosetä
— uncle of one's parent
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Finnish:
isoeno
— uncle of one's parent
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French:
grand-oncle
— uncle of one's parent
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Galician:
tío avó
— uncle of one's parent
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German:
Großonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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German:
Grossonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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German:
Großoheim
— uncle of one's parent
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German:
Grossoheim
— uncle of one's parent
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Ancient Greek:
πρόθειος
(prótheios)
— uncle of one's parent
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Ido:
preonklo
— uncle of one's parent
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Ido:
preonklulo
— uncle of one's parent
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Irish:
seanuncail
— uncle of one's parent
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Italian:
prozio
— uncle of one's parent
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Japanese:
大叔父
(ōoji)
— uncle of one's parent
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Latin:
patruus magnus
— uncle of one's parent
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Latin:
avunculus magnus
— uncle of one's parent
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Latin:
avunculus
— uncle of one's parent
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Macedonian:
пра́чичко
(práčičko)
— uncle of one's parent
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Malay:
datuk saudara
— uncle of one's parent
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Navajo:
acheii
— uncle of one's parent
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Navajo:
análí
— uncle of one's parent
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Norman:
grand-oncl'ye
— uncle of one's parent
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Norwegian Bokmål:
grandonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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Norwegian Bokmål:
filleonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
grandonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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Polish:
wujeczny dziadek
— uncle of one's parent
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Polish:
stryjeczny dziadek
— uncle of one's parent
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Portuguese:
tio-avô
— uncle of one's parent
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Romanian:
străunchi
— uncle of one's parent
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Russian:
двою́родный дед
(dvojúrodnyj ded)
— uncle of one's parent
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Slovene:
prastric
— uncle of one's parent
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Lower Sorbian:
stary wujk
— uncle of one's parent
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Upper Sorbian:
wulki wuj
— uncle of one's parent
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Upper Sorbian:
wulkowuj
— uncle of one's parent
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Spanish:
tío abuelo
— uncle of one's parent
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Swedish:
gammelonkel
— uncle of one's parent
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Swedish:
gammelfarbror
— uncle of one's parent
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Swedish:
gammelmorbror
— uncle of one's parent
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Ukrainian:
двою́рідний дід
(dvojúridnyj did)
— uncle of one's parent
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Welsh:
hen ewythr
— uncle of one's parent
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Welsh:
hen wncwl
— uncle of one's parent
