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Breton: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} eontr (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Breton translations#UNCLE, (3,4) ^{(please verify)} eontr da-heul (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Breton translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for attention concerning Breton#UNCLE, ^{(please verify)} tonton (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Breton translations#UNCLE (child’s language)
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: (2) ^{(please verify)} tutyCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#UNCLE
Ido: ^{(please verify)} onklo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Ido translations#UNCLE
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} oom (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#UNCLE
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 아저씨 (ko) (ajeossi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#UNCLE, ^{(please verify)} 삼촌 (ko) (samchon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#UNCLE
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} unchi (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#UNCLE
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} baba mkubwaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Swahili translations#UNCLE, (1) ^{(please verify)} mdogo (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Swahili translations#UNCLE, (2) ^{(please verify)} mjomba (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Swahili translations#UNCLE
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మామ (te) (māma)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Telugu translations#UNCLE, ^{(please verify)} పెదనాన (te) (pedanāna)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Telugu translations#UNCLE, ^{(please verify)} బాబాయి (te) (bābāyi)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Telugu translations#UNCLE
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} garrgookCategory:Terms with Woiwurrung translations#UNCLE Category:Requests for review of Woiwurrung translations#UNCLE

Interjection

uncleCategory:English lemmas#UNCLE Category:English interjections#UNCLE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#UNCLE Category:Pages with entries#UNCLE Category:Pages with 4 entries#UNCLE

(US Category:American English#UNCLE, colloquial Category:English colloquialisms#UNCLE) A cry used to indicate surrender.

Derived terms

Verb

uncle (third-person singular simple present uncles, present participle uncling, simple past and past participle uncled)Category:English lemmas#UNCLE Category:English verbs#UNCLE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#UNCLE Category:Pages with entries#UNCLE Category:Pages with 4 entries#UNCLE

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#UNCLE, colloquial Category:English colloquialisms#UNCLE) To address somebody by the term uncle.
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#UNCLE, colloquial Category:English colloquialisms#UNCLE) To act like, or as, an uncle.
- 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford
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References

Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “uncle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
“uncle”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Clune

Category:en:Male family members#UNCLE

Middle English

uncle (brother of one's parents)
Synonym: em

Descendants

English: uncle (see there for further descendants)
Scots: uncle

References

“uncle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Old French

Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin Category:Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin#UNCLE *aunclum, from Latin Category:Old French terms derived from Latin#UNCLE avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”).

Noun

uncle oblique singular, m (oblique plural uncles, nominative singular uncles, nominative plural uncle)Category:Old French lemmas#UNCLE Category:Old French nouns#UNCLE Category:Old French masculine nouns#UNCLE Category:Old French entries with incorrect language header#UNCLE Category:Old French masculine nouns#UNCLE Category:Pages with entries#UNCLE Category:Pages with 4 entries#UNCLE

(Anglo-Norman Category:Anglo-Norman#UNCLE) alternative form of oncle
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
  D'ambes parz out filz e peres,
  uncles, nevos, cosins e freres
  On both sides there were sons and fathers,
  Uncles, nephews, cousins and brothers
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- c. 1250, Marie de France, Chevrefeuille:
  Tristram en Wales se rala, tant que sis uncles le manda
  Tristan returned to Wales, while he waited for his uncle to call on him
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