uncle

noun · interjection · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

uncles

1.
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
2.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
3.
(endearing)Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
4.
(euphemistic)Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
5.
(figuratively)A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
6.
(British, dated, informal)A pawnbroker.
December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)
7.
(especially)(especially in the Southern US, parts of UK and South Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
8.
(Southern US, archaic, slang)An older African-American male.
9.
(Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, informal)Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.

interjection

1.
(US, colloquial)A cry used to indicate surrender.

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verb

V_es/s

uncles

V_ing/Gerund

uncling

V_ed/pp

uncled

1.
(colloquial, transitive)To address somebody by the term uncle.
2.
(colloquial, intransitive)To act like, or as, an uncle.

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Đồng nghĩa

eam eme nuncleunclejiuncleyunclieunclydialectal Scotland eam, emearchaic or dialectal nuncleIndia as a respectful term of address unclejifamiliar or endearing uncley, unclie, uncly

Trái nghĩa

boy aunty nephew niece auntwith regard to gender auntwith regard to ancestry niece, nephewAfrican-American boyIndia aunty

Cùng gốc / liên quan

drunklegreatunclegrunclegrunklestepuncleagony uncleeverybody and his uncleeverybody and their uncleeveryone and his uncleeveryone and their uncleauncleBob's your unclebruncleco-unclecousin-uncle[[cry unclecry ~]],[[holler uncleholler ~]],[[say unclesay ~]]double uncle

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English uncle, borrowed from uncle and Old French oncle, from *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (maternal uncle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (little grandfather), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father) (whence also avus (grandfather)).