Great-uncle
Translations of "great-uncle" (33 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | πρόθειος(uncle of one's parent) | prótheios | |
| Catalan | besoncle(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Chinese | 伯公(uncle of one's parent), 叔公(uncle of one's parent), 舅公(uncle of one's parent) | zh-min-nan, chek-kong, kū-kong | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 伯公(uncle of one's parent), 叔公(uncle of one's parent), 外伯公(uncle of one's parent), 外叔公(uncle of one's parent), 舅公(uncle of one's parent) | baak³ gung¹, suk¹ gung¹, ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹, ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹, kau⁵ gung¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 伯公(uncle of one's parent), 伯祖(uncle of one's parent), 伯祖父(uncle of one's parent), 叔公(uncle of one's parent), 叔祖(uncle of one's parent), 叔祖父(uncle of one's parent), 舅公(uncle of one's parent), 舅爺 /舅爷(uncle of one's parent), 舅祖(uncle of one's parent) | bógōng, bózǔ, bózǔfù, shūgōng, shūzǔ, shūzǔfù, jiùgōng, jiùyé, jiùzǔ | |
| Czech | prastrýc(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Dutch | oudoom(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Esperanto | praonklo(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Finnish | isoeno(uncle of one's parent), isosetä(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| French | grand-oncle(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Galician | tío avó(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| German | Grossoheim(uncle of one's parent), Grossonkel(uncle of one's parent), Großoheim(uncle of one's parent), Großonkel(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Ido | preonklo(uncle of one's parent), preonklulo(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Irish | seanuncail(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Italian | prozio(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Japanese | 大叔父(uncle of one's parent) | ōoji | |
| Latin | avunculus(uncle of one's parent), avunculus magnus(uncle of one's parent), patruus magnus(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | stary wujk(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Macedonian | пра́чичко(uncle of one's parent) | práčičko | |
| Malay | datuk saudara(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Navajo | acheii(uncle of one's parent), análí(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Norman | grand-oncl'ye(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | filleonkel(uncle of one's parent), grandonkel(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | grandonkel(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Portuguese | tio-avô(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Romanian | străunchi(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Russian | двою́родный дед(uncle of one's parent) | dvojúrodnyj ded | |
| Slovene | prastric(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Spanish | tío abuelo(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Swedish | gammelfarbror(uncle of one's parent), gammelmorbror(uncle of one's parent), gammelonkel(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Ukrainian | двою́рідний дід(uncle of one's parent) | dvojúridnyj did | |
| Upper Sorbian | wulki wuj(uncle of one's parent), wulkowuj(uncle of one's parent) | — | |
| Welsh | hen ewythr(uncle of one's parent), hen wncwl(uncle of one's parent) | — |
besoncle
伯公, 叔公, 外伯公, 外叔公, 舅公
baak³ gung¹, suk¹ gung¹, ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹, ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹, kau⁵ gung¹
伯公, 伯祖, 伯祖父, 叔公, 叔祖, 叔祖父, 舅公, 舅爺 /舅爷, 舅祖
bógōng, bózǔ, bózǔfù, shūgōng, shūzǔ, shūzǔfù, jiùgōng, jiùyé, jiùzǔ
prastrýc
oudoom
praonklo
isoeno, isosetä
grand-oncle
tío avó
Grossoheim, Grossonkel, Großoheim, Großonkel
preonklo, preonklulo
seanuncail
prozio
avunculus, avunculus magnus, patruus magnus
stary wujk
datuk saudara
acheii, análí
grand-oncl'ye
filleonkel, grandonkel
grandonkel
tio-avô
străunchi
prastric
tío abuelo
gammelfarbror, gammelmorbror, gammelonkel
wulki wuj, wulkowuj
hen ewythr, hen wncwl
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