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paternal uncle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: xhaxha — brother of one's father
  • Albanian: dajë — brother of one's father
  • Arabic: عَمّ (ʕamm) — brother of one's father
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܡܵܐ (ʿamā) — brother of one's father
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܵܕܵܐ (dādā) — brother of one's father
  • Turoyo: ܥܰܡܡܐ (cammo) — brother of one's father
  • Armenian: հորեղբայր (horeġbayr) — brother of one's father
  • Azerbaijani: əmi — brother of one's father
  • Bengali: কাকা (kaka) — brother of one's father
  • Bengali: চাচা (caca) — brother of one's father
  • Bengali: ফুফা (phupha) — brother of one's father
  • Bulgarian: чичо (čičo) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伯父 (bófù) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伯伯 (bóbo) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叔父 (shūfù) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叔叔 (shūshu) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑父 (gūfu) — brother of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑丈 (gūzhàng) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 阿伯 (a1 bêh4) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 伯 (bêh4) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 阿叔 (a1 zêg4) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 叔 (zêg4) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 阿丈 (a1 dion6) — brother of one's father
  • Teochew: 丈 (dion6) — brother of one's father
  • Crimean Tatar: emce — brother of one's father
  • Czech: strýc — brother of one's father
  • Danish: farbror — brother of one's father
  • Danish: onkel — brother of one's father
  • Dutch: nonkel — brother of one's father
  • Ewe: tɔgã — brother of one's father
  • Ewe: tɔɖe — brother of one's father
  • Finnish: setä — brother of one's father
  • Finnish: setäpuoli — brother of one's father
  • French: oncle — brother of one's father
  • French: tonton — brother of one's father
  • French: oncle paternel — brother of one's father
  • West-Frisian: omke — brother of one's father
  • Georgian: ბიძა მამის მხრიდან (biʒa mamis mxridan) — brother of one's father
  • German: Onkel — brother of one's father
  • Gooniyandi: ngaboo — brother of one's father
  • Greek: θείος (theíos) — brother of one's father
  • Hebrew: דּוֹד (dod) — brother of one's father
  • Hindi: ताऊ (tāū) — brother of one's father
  • Hindi: चाचा (cācā) — brother of one's father
  • Hindi: फूफा (phūphā) — brother of one's father
  • Hungarian: apai nagybácsi (ágról való) — brother of one's father
  • Icelandic: föðurbróðir — brother of one's father
  • Interlingua: oncle — brother of one's father
  • Irish: uncail — brother of one's father
  • Irish: uncail athartha — brother of one's father
  • Italian: zio — brother of one's father
  • Italian: zio paterno — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 伯父 (oji, hakufu) — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 伯父さん (ojisan) — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 伯父貴 (ojiki) — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 叔父 (oji, shukufu) — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 叔父さん (ojisan) — brother of one's father
  • Japanese: 叔父貴 (ojiki) — brother of one's father
  • Kabyle: zizi — brother of one's father
  • Kashmiri: پیٔتٕر (pyạtụr) — brother of one's father
  • Kashmiri: پۄپھُو (pọphuv) — brother of one's father
  • Korean: 친삼촌 (chinsamchon) — brother of one's father
  • Krisa: tani baʼ — brother of one's father
  • Krisa: tani pung — brother of one's father
  • Central Kurdish: مام (mam) — brother of one's father
  • Northern Kurdish: mam — brother of one's father
  • Northern Kurdish: ap — brother of one's father
  • Latin: patruus — brother of one's father
  • Latin: barbas — brother of one's father
  • Latin: barbanus — brother of one's father
  • Macedonian: чичко (čičko) — brother of one's father
  • Macedonian: стрико (striko) — brother of one's father
  • Manx: braar ayrey — brother of one's father
  • Marathi: काका (kākā) — brother of one's father
  • Meriam: bab — brother of one's father
  • Montana Salish: smamáʔ — brother of one's father
  • Navajo: abízhí — brother of one's father
  • Nupe: ǹdági — brother of one's father
  • Old English: fædera — brother of one's father
  • Old Tupi: uba — brother of one's father
  • Pashto: تره (trae) — brother of one's father
  • Persian: عمو ('amu) — brother of one's father
  • Persian: افدر (afdar) — brother of one's father
  • Persian: کاکا (kâkâ) — brother of one's father
  • Pitjantjatjara: mama maḻatja — brother of one's father
  • Pitjantjatjara: mama puḻka — brother of one's father
  • Polish: stryj — brother of one's father
  • Polish: stryjek — brother of one's father
  • Polish: wuj — brother of one's father
  • Polish: wujek — brother of one's father
  • Portuguese: tio — brother of one's father
  • Portuguese: tio paterno — brother of one's father
  • Quechua: yaya — brother of one's father
  • Romanian: unchi — brother of one's father
  • Romanian: unchi după tată — brother of one's father
  • Russian: дя́дя (djádja) — brother of one's father
  • Russian: дя́дя по отцу́ (djádja po otcú) — brother of one's father
  • Russian: дя́дя по отцо́вской ли́нии (djádja po otcóvskoj línii) — brother of one's father
  • Sanskrit: पितृव्य (pitṛvya) — brother of one's father
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-athar — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: стриц — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: амиџа — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетак — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: течо — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: stric — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: amidža — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetak — brother of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: tečo — brother of one's father
  • Seri: aaitz — brother of one's father
  • Sinhalese: බාප්පා (bāppā) — brother of one's father
  • Sinhalese: ලොකු තාත්තා (loku tāttā) — brother of one's father
  • Slovene: stric — brother of one's father
  • Slovene: dundo — brother of one's father
  • Spanish: tío — brother of one's father
  • Spanish: tío paterno — brother of one's father
  • Swahili: amu — brother of one's father
  • Swahili: ami — brother of one's father
  • Swedish: farbror — brother of one's father
  • Swedish: onkel — brother of one's father
  • Swedish: fars svåger — brother of one's father
  • Swedish: ingift farbror — brother of one's father
  • Tajik: амак (amak) — brother of one's father
  • Tamil: பெரியப்பா (periyappā) — brother of one's father
  • Tamil: சித்தப்பா (cittappā) — brother of one's father
  • Taos: tų̀łuʼúna — brother of one's father
  • Thai: ลุง — brother of one's father
  • Thai: อา (aa) — brother of one's father
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ཁུ (a khu) — brother of one's father
  • Torres Strait Creole: ankel — brother of one's father
  • Turkish: amca — brother of one's father
  • Turkish: enişte — brother of one's father
  • Turkish: emmi — brother of one's father
  • Ottoman Turkish: عموجه (ʼamuca) — brother of one's father
  • Ottoman Turkish: عم (ʼamm) — brother of one's father
  • Urdu: تایَا (tāyā) — brother of one's father
  • Urdu: تائے اَبُّو m چَچا (tāe abbū) — brother of one's father
  • Urdu: چاچا (cācā) — brother of one's father
  • Urdu: پُھپّا (phuppā) — brother of one's father
  • Vietnamese: bác — brother of one's father
  • Vietnamese: chú — brother of one's father
  • Zazaki: ded (diq) — brother of one's father