uncle (redirected from uncles)

un·cle  (ngkl)

n.

1.

a. The brother of one's mother or father.

b. The husband of one's aunt.

2. Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children.

3. A kindly counselor.

4. Slang A pawnbroker.

5. Uncle Uncle Sam.

Idiom:

cry/say uncle Informal

To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender: tickled my brother until he cried uncle.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin avunculus, maternal uncle; see awo- in Indo-European roots.]

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uncle·less adj.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	uncle - the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt granduncle, great-uncle - an uncle of your father or mother kinsman - a male relative aunt, auntie, aunty - the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
	2.	uncle - a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students" benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

Translations

uncle [ˈʌŋkl] n → tío

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uncle [ˈʌŋkl] n → oncle m

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uncle [ˈʌŋkl] n → Onkel m

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uncle [ˈʌŋkl] n → zio

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uncle

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