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Definition 2024

great-uncle

great-uncle

See also: greatuncle and great uncle

English

Alternative forms

great uncle, greatuncle

Noun

great-uncle ‎(plural great-uncles)

An uncle of one's parent.

Translations

uncle of one's parent

Catalan: besoncle m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 伯公 ‎(baak³ gung¹), 伯祖父 ‎(baak³ jou² fu⁶)

Mandarin: 伯祖 (zh) ‎(bózǔ), 伯公 (zh) ‎(bógōng), 伯祖父 ‎(bózǔfù)

Min Nan: 伯公 (zh-min-nan) ‎(peh-kong)
Czech: prastrýc (cs) m
Dutch: oudoom (nl)
Finnish: isosetä (brother of a grandfather), isoeno (brother of a grandfather)
French: grand-oncle (fr) m
Galician: tío avó m

German: Großonkel (de) m
Italian: prozio (it)
Japanese: 大叔父 ‎(おおおじ, ōoji)
Norman: grand-oncl'ye m
Macedonian: прачичко m ‎(práčičko)
Malay: datuk saudara
Navajo: (maternal) acheii, (paternal) análí
Norwegian:

Bokmål: grandonkel (no) m

Nynorsk: grandonkel m
Portuguese: tio-avô (pt)
Russian: двою́родный дед (ru) m ‎(dvojúrodnyj ded)
Slovene: prastric m
Spanish: tío abuelo m

Synonyms

granduncle

Antonyms

(by gender): great-aunt