Uncle

//ˈʌŋ.kl̩//

Synonyms for "uncle" (53 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

aunt auntie blood brother brethren brother bub bubba bud buddy country cousin cousin

Strong matches (16)

cousin once removed cousin twice removed daughter eam father first cousin foster brother frater grandnephew grandniece granduncle great-aunt great-uncle half brother

Noun(2 words)

eam eme

Related words (26)

kid brother mother nephew niece nuncle nunks nunky relative second cousin sis sissy sister sister-german sistern son stepbrother stepsister unc uncs uterine brother

Noun(6 words)

nuncle uncleji uncley unclie uncly uniform

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

7 entries

adult male auncle benefactor helper kinsman man pibling

More specific

15 entries

bruncle co-uncle cousin-uncle double uncle granduncle great-granduncle great-uncle guncle half-uncle maternal half-uncle maternal uncle paternal half-uncle paternal uncle step-uncle uncle-in-law

Antonyms

5 entries

aunt aunty boy niece

Synonyms

1 entries

eam

Related terms

6 entries

avuncular avunculate avunculicide avunculism avunculocal uncular

at location

5 entries

aunt's house aunts house house most families older generation

capable of

2 entries

act in loco parentis call niece

defined as

1 entries

husband of aunt

derived

62 entries

Bob is your uncle Bob's your uncle Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt Dutch uncle I'll be a monkey's uncle Robert is your uncle Robert's your uncle Uncle Joe Uncle Ned Uncle Sam Uncle Scrooge Uncle Shmuel Uncle Sugar Uncle Tom Uncle Tomahawk Uncle Whiskers

Showing 16 of 62 words.

distinct from

1 entries

aunt

etymologically related_to

2 entries

eam eme

has context

5 entries

british euphemistic parts of slang southern us

has property

2 entries

friendly male

is a

6 entries

benefactor father's brother kinsman male mother's brother parent's brother

part of

1 entries

family

receives action

1 entries

married to aunt

related to

36 entries

address advice african american aunt aunt husband avuncular brother brother in law dad dad brother encouragement family family member father fathers fathers brother

Showing 16 of 36 words.

used for

4 entries

fun get money from marrying aunties play with

Translations

411 translations across 156 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

bacë noun (close male friend of the parents)
dajë noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
fajdexhi noun (UK informal: pawnbroker — see also pawnbroker)
ungj noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Amharic

1 entries

ኣጎት noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

θεῖος noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
μήτρως noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
πάτρως noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Arabic

4 entries

خَال noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
زَوْجُ الخالة noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
زَوْجُ العَمّة noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
عَمّ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Armenian

3 entries

հորեղբայր noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
քեռի noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
քեռի noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)

Assamese

3 entries

খুৰা noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
বৰদেউতা noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
মোমাই noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܓܲܒ݂ܪ ܚܵܠܬܵܐ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ ܥܲܡܬܵܐ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ܚܵܠܵܐ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ܥܲܡܵܐ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Asturian

1 entries

tíu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Aukan

2 entries

omu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tiyu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

dayı noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
əmi noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

کاکا noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Baluchi

3 entries

ماما noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ناکو noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
کاکہ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Basque

1 entries

osaba noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Belarusian

3 entries

дзя́дзька noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
дзя́дзька noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
дзя́дзя noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Bengali

4 entries

খালু noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
চাচা noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ফুফা noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
মামা noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

काका noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Breton

2 entries

eontr noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
eontr da-heul noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ву́йчо noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
калеко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
свако noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
стри́ко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Burmese

4 entries

ကို noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
ဘကြီး noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ဘထွေး noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ဦး noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

у́йко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Catalan

4 entries

oncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tiet noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tio noun (close male friend of the parents)

Central Dusun

1 entries

mamai noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

خاڵ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
مام noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Chechen

1 entries

ваша noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎡᏚᏥ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Chichewa

1 entries

tsibweni noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Chinese

4 entries

姑丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
姨丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
母舅 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
阿丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

伯伯 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
叔叔 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
叔叔 noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
姑丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

伯伯 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
伯父 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
叔叔 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
叔叔 noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Chinook Jargon

1 entries

tot noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

dayı noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Czech

3 entries

strýc noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
strýček noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)
strýček noun (close male friend of the parents)

Dalmatian

1 entries

naul noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Danish

4 entries

farbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
morbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
onkel noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
onkel noun (UK informal: pawnbroker — see also pawnbroker)

Dari

3 entries

ماما noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
کَاکو noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
کَاکَا noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Dutch

4 entries

nonkel noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
oom noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
oompje noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)
pandjesbaas noun (UK informal: pawnbroker — see also pawnbroker)

Esperanto

1 entries

onklo noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Estonian

1 entries

onu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ewe

3 entries

tɔgã noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tɔɖe noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
wɔfa noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Finnish

4 entries

eno noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
enopuoli noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
kummisetä noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)
setä noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

French

2 entries

oncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tonton noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Friulian

1 entries

barbe noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Galician

1 entries

tío noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Georgian

4 entries

ბიძა noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ბიძია noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ძია noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ძია noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

German

1 entries

Onkel noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Gooniyandi

1 entries

ngaboo noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Greek

2 entries

θείος noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
θείος noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Gunwinggu

2 entries

ngabba noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ngadjadj noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

tonton, monnonk noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Hakka Chinese

4 entries

姑丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
姨丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
母舅 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
阿伯 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Hamer-Banna

3 entries

aarák noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
eiké noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
imbána noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Hawaiian

3 entries

makua kāne noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ʻanakala noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ʻanakala noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Hebrew

1 entries

דּוֹד noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Hindi

4 entries

अंकल noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
अंकल noun (close male friend of the parents)
अंकल noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
काका noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Hungarian

3 entries

bácsi noun (close male friend of the parents)
bácsi noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
nagybácsi noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Icelandic

1 entries

frændi noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ido

1 entries

onklulo noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Indonesian

4 entries

om noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
om noun (close male friend of the parents)
om noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
paman noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ingrian

3 entries

däädä noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
eno noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
setä noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Interlingua

1 entries

oncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

اَفْدَر noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
اُوْدَر noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
خالو noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
دایی noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Irish

1 entries

uncail noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Italian

1 entries

zio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Japanese

4 entries

おじさん noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
伯父 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
伯父貴 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
叔父 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kabyle

1 entries

zizi noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kaitag

1 entries

уцци́ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kapampangan

1 entries

bapa noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kashmiri

4 entries

ماسُو noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
مام noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
پۄپھُو noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
پیٔتٕر noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kazakh

3 entries

ağa noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
nağaşı noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
немере аға noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Khoekhoe

1 entries

ǁnaosab noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Korean

3 entries

삼촌 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
아저씨 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
아저씨 noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Krisa

3 entries

tani baʼ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tani pung noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
wini noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Kumyk

4 entries

анасыны агъасы noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
анасыны инеси noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
атасыны агъасы noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
атасыны иниси noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Lao

1 entries

ລຸງ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Latgalian

1 entries

dzedzeits noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Latin

4 entries

avunculus noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
barbas noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
patruus noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
thius noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Latvian

3 entries

mātes brālis noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tēva brālis noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tēvocis noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Lithuanian

1 entries

dėdė noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wujk noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Macedonian

4 entries

ву́јко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
стри́ко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
те́тин noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
чи́чко noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Malay

3 entries

bapa saudara noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mamanda noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
pakcik noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Malayalam

4 entries

അമ്മാവന് noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ചെറിയച്ചന് noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
മാമന് noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
വല്യച്ചന് noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Maltese

1 entries

ziju noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Marathi

3 entries

काका noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
काका noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
मामा noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Maricopa

1 entries

nkwii noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Melpa

1 entries

apa noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Meriam

1 entries

bab noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Middle English

2 entries

em noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
uncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Minangkabau

1 entries

mamak noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Mongolian

4 entries

авга ах noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
авга эрэгтэй дүү noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
нагац ах noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
нагац эрэгтэй дүү noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Montana Salish

1 entries

smamáʔ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Mòcheno

1 entries

barba noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Māori

1 entries

matua kēkē noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Nanai

2 entries

гусин noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
эчэкэ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Navajo

4 entries

abízhí noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
adáʼí noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ayáázh noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
azhéʼé yázhí noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Norman

2 entries

aonclle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
oncl'ye noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

North Frisian

1 entries

Oom noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

ap noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mam noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
xal noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

'et̄e noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Northern Sami

3 entries

eahki noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
eanu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
čeahci noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

farbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
farbror noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
filleonkel noun (close male friend of the parents)
morbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Occitan

2 entries

oncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
quenque noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Old English

2 entries

fædera noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ēam noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Old French

1 entries

oncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Oromo

2 entries

eessuma noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
wasiila noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

دایی noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
عم noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
عموجه noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

бачи noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
шовґор noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Papiamentu

1 entries

tio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Pashto

2 entries

تره noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ماما noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

Onkel noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Pitjantjatjara

2 entries

mama maḻatja noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mama puḻka noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Onkel (nds) noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Polish

4 entries

stryj noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
stryjek noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
wuj noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
wujek noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Portuguese

4 entries

tio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tio noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)
tio noun (close male friend of the parents)
tio noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Quechua

4 entries

kaka noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
kaku noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
qaka noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
yaya noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Romani

1 entries

kak noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Romanian

1 entries

unchi noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Romansch

2 entries

aug noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
barba noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Russian

4 entries

дя́дька noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
дя́дюшка noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
дя́дя noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
дя́дя noun (source of advice, encouragement, or help)

Sanskrit

2 entries

पितृव्य noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
मातुल noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sardinian

3 entries

ciu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tiu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tziu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Oom noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Scots

3 entries

eme noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mither-brither noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
uncle noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

bràthair-athar noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
bràthair-màthar noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
uncail noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

amidža noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
daidža noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
stric noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tetak noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Seri

1 entries

aaitz noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Shan

1 entries

လုင်း noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sicilian

2 entries

ziu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
zu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sidamo

1 entries

wosiila noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මාමා noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Slovak

4 entries

strýko noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
strýko noun (close male friend of the parents)
ujo noun (close male friend of the parents)
ujo noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Slovene

1 entries

stric noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Southern Altai

4 entries

ага noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ака noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
таай noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
тай noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Southern Sierra Miwok

1 entries

ka·ka· noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Spanish

1 entries

tío noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sundanese

4 entries

amang noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mamang noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
mang noun (close male friend of the parents)
mang noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Swedish

4 entries

farbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
fars svåger noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ingift farbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ingift morbror noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Tagalog

3 entries

tito noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tiyo noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
tiyuhin noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Tamil

3 entries

சித்தப்பா noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
பெரியப்பா noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
மாமா noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Teochew

4 entries

阿丈 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
阿伯 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
阿叔 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
阿舅 noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Thai

4 entries

ตา noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)
น้า noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
น้า noun (close male friend of the parents)
ปู่ noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཨ་ཁུ noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ཨ་ཞང noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Torres Strait Creole

1 entries

ankel noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Tumbuka

1 entries

sibweni noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Turkish

3 entries

amca noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
dayı noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
enişte noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Turkmen

2 entries

aga noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
daýy noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Tuvan

2 entries

аккызы noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
даайы noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дя́дько noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
дя́дько noun (form of address to a man by young people or children in some countries)

Urdu

4 entries

تایا noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ماما noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
چَچا noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
کاکا noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Venetan

3 entries

barba noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
sio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
zhio noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bác noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
chú noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
cậu noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Volapük

2 entries

hiter noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
ziom noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Welsh

1 entries

ewythr noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

West-Frisian

2 entries

omke noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)
omme noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿעטער noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Yámana

1 entries

tanowa noun (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Is your uncle still abroad?

Source: tatoeba (17410)

Where does your uncle live?

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The house with the red roof belongs to my uncle.

Source: tatoeba (25578)

On arriving at the station, I went to see my uncle at his office.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.