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uncle Noun 1. a brother of one's father or mother 2. the husband of one's aunt 3. a child's term of address for a male friend of its parents 4. Slang a pawnbroker [Latin avunculus]
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Translations n uncle [ˈaŋkl] the brother of a person's father or mother, or the husband of an aunt He's my uncle; Hallo, Uncle Jim! oom عَم، خال чичи strýc onkel der Onkel θείος tío onu عمو یا دایی؛ شوهر خاله یا شوهر عمه setä, eno oncle דוֹד चाचा, मामा, फूफा, मौसा ujak nagybácsi föðurbróðir; móðurbróðir; frændi zio おじ dėdė tēvocis pakcik oom (fille)onkel, far-/morbror wuj tio unchi дядя strýko, ujo stric ujak ili stric farbror, morbror ลุง amca, dayı 伯父,叔父,舅父 дядько چچا، ماموں، خالو، پھوپھا chú, bác, cậu , dượng 伯父,叔父,舅父 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Excuse my dwelling on these melancholy recollections of departed worth; you won't see a man like my uncle every day in the week. Dorothy Gale lived on a farm in Kansas, with her Aunt Em and her Uncle Henry. As she leaned over her little balcony, watching an early bird get the worm, and wondering how she should like Uncle Alec, she saw a man leap the garden wall and come whistling up the path. |
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