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Definition: Uncle |
UncleNoun1. The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt. 2. A source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Uncle \Un"cle\, noun. [Old English uncle, Old French oncle, uncle, French oncle, from Latin avunculus a maternal uncle, diminutive of avus a grandfather; akin to Lithuanian avynas uncle, Gothic aw? grandmother, Icelandic [=a]i great grandfather.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | If you see your uncle in a dream, you will have news of a sad character soon. To dream you see your uncle prostrated in mind, and repeatedly have this dream, you will have trouble with your relations which will result in estrangement, at least for a time. To see your uncle dead, denotes that you have formidable enemies. To have a misunderstanding with your uncle, denotes that your family relations will be unpleasant, and illness will be continually present. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Uncle Don't come the uncle over me. In Latin, "Ne sis patruus mihi " (Horace: 2 Sat., iii. 88)- i.e. do not overdo your privilege of reproving or castigating me. The Latin notion of a patruus or uncle left guardian was that of a severe catigator and reprover. Similarly, their idea of a step-mother was a woman of stern, unsympathetic nature, who was unjust to her step-children, and was generally disliked. "Metuentes patruae verbera linguae."- Horace: 3 Odes. xii. 3. Uncle Gone to my uncle's. Uncle's is a pun on the Latin word uncus, a hook. Pawnbrokers employed a hook to lift articles pawned before spouts were adopted. "Gone to the uncus " is exactly tantamount to the more modern phrase "Up the spout." The pronoun was inserted to carry out the pun. In French, "C'esl chez ma tante. " At the pawnbroker's. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | UNCLE. Mine uncle's; a necessary house. He is gone to visit his uncle; saying of one who leaves his wife soon after marriage. It likewise means a pawnbroker's: goods pawned are frequently said to be at mine uncle's, or laid up in lavender. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Giuliano de' Medici (1453 - 26 April, 1478), second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty).As the opening stroke of the Pazzi Conspiracy, he was assassinated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore by Franceso de' Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli.
His illegitimate son with his mistress Fioretta Gorini, Giulio, went on to become Pope Clement VII.
He is buried with his brother Lorenzo, Il Magnifico, in the Medici Chapel of the Church of San Lorenzo; their tomb is ornamented with the Madonna and Child of Michelangelo.
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J.P. Martin (1880-1966) was born in Scarborough in the English county of Yorkshire and became a Methodist minister in 1902 before serving as a missionary in South Africa and as an army chaplain in Palestine during the First World War. After the Second World War he lived in the village of Timberscombe in Somerset, where he died in 1966. His Uncle stories were first told to his children before he was persuaded to write them down for a wider audience. When they were first published in the late 1960s and early 1970s they were hailed as modern classics of children's literature, and although their fame has faded considerably since then some of the stories have recently been re-published in the United Kingdom (ISBN 0099438690). The Uncle of the six books in the Uncle series is an millionaire elephant with a purple dressing-gown, a B.A. from Oxford, and a clean-living past marred by a single, never-to-be-forgotten discreditable incident. He has many friends and supporters, including the Old Monkey, the One-Armed Badger, the cat Goodman, Noddy Ninety, Cloutman, the King of the Badgers, and Butterskin Mute. He is also the owner of an enormous castle-cum-circus-cum-adventure-playground called Homeward:
Uncle is the sworn enemy of the inhabitants of Badfort, an enormous fortress-cum-council-estate-cum-dark-satanic-mill that blights the landscape in front of Homeward. Living in Badfort are the Badfort gang, nominally headed by the Hateman family, Beaver, Nailrod Snr, Nailrod Jnr, Filljug, and Sigismund, with the support of Flabskin, Oily Joe, the dwarvish, cowardly, skewer-throwing Isidore Hitmouse, the scheming ghost Hootman, and Jellytussle, an animated mound of purplish jelly. The Badfort gang, their hating tablets, constant plots against Uncle, constant schemes to raise money, and spasmodic low feasting and drunkenness, are a large part of what make the Uncle books unique, and the illustrations drawn by Quentin Blake for first publication of the books have frequently been praised for capturing the exuberance and surrealism of Martin's prose.
- Homeward is hard to describe, but try to think of about a hundred skyscrapers all joined together and surroudned by a moat with a drawbridge over it, and you'll get some idea. The towers are of many colours, and there are bathing pools and gardens amongst them, also switchback railways running from tower to tower, and water-chutes from top to bottom.
Obituaries of J.P. Martin
- Uncle (1964)
- Uncle Cleans Up (1965)
- Uncle and his Detective (1966)
- Uncle and the Treacle Trouble (1967)
- Uncle and Claudius the Camel (1970)
- Uncle and the Battle for Badgertown (1973)
The West Somerset Free Press, Saturday, April 2, 1966
Death of the Rev. J.P. Martin
Methodist Minister and author of the "Uncle" Stories for Children
A varied and interesting career
His many friends in this country and South Africa were very sorry to learn of the sudden death on Thursday of last week of the Rev. John Percival Martin, Methodist minister of Homestead, Willow Bank, Timberscombe. He was, as he liked to remark to his friends, 'only a modest age of 86'. He had had a most active and in some respects unusual career, culminating in unexpected fame, when he was past 80 as the author of the "Uncle" series of books, for children. Born at Scarborough, Mr Martin was educated at Halifax and than entered the Methodist Church, Headingley. He commenced his ministry in the Halifax and District Mission in 1902 and a few years later went out to the Transvaal, South Africa, to a small primitive village called Pilgrims Rest, and it seemed fitting that many years later he should retire to a small village like Timberscombe. He had remarked many times that he had made a circular tour in his life, starting at a quiet little place and ending it also in a quiet village. He was a pioneer in missionary work and soon built up a wonderful congregation in South Africa. Young and keen, on many occasions he was forced to swim across rapid rivers to reach his church, with his clothes tied in a bundle on his head. For many years he was without a manse, and slept in the vestry of his small church.
Returning to England in 1912, Mr Martin went to the Mid Gloucester Mission where be became Chaplain of Whitcliffe College for boys. He was then appointed to Burnham on Sea, and subsequently chaplain to H.M. Forces in Palestine. This experience provided him with opportunity to preach about the Holy Land, and whenever he had free time he would organise trips to the famous places of the Bible. Irrespective of race or creed, Mr. Martin was a friend of all, always willing to help. The work he did included the teaching of French to the soldiers.
When next he returned to England, Mr. Martin was appointed to the Camborne Circuit in Cornwall, just as the area was hit by the tin mine slump, and he inaugurated a gift scheme whereby clothes, etc. were sent from more fortunate areas to the needy people in the Camborne district. He was next appointed to Carlisle, and after more Circuit working years, which took him to Bristol, Clevedon Manchester, and Northampton, he became a supernumerary and retired to Timberscombe 17 years ago. He was, in fact, a most active supernumerary, preaching in the churches of the Kingsbrompton and Minehead Methodist Circuits, and he was occupying a pulpit on the Sunday before his death. He was a popular figure and could often be seen walking or cycling.
Perhaps one of Mr Martins most joyous and unexpected experiences was in recent years when his "Uncle" books were published. He first told his stories of Uncle (who is an elephant) to his own four children and they persuaded him to write them down for the sake of his grandchildren. The stories got into circulation when a schoolmaster member of the family wrote some of them down and used them for end of term reading to boys at Colchester Grammar School. They were an enormous hit, and were published when Mr, Martin was 85. He had suddenly become an author of note, and received good deal of television and press publicity. These story books for children were immensely popular and were soon being published abroad, including America and Holland. Only the day before his death, Mr. Martin had been informed that they would be published in Japan. The B.B.C. is at present featuring them on "Story Time" programme for children. It gave Mr. Martin much pleasure to know that his books are to be printed in Braille so that blind children will be able to enjoy them.
Mr Martin loved to take his children and friends on walks. He also enjoyed painting local landscape. Children loved him, and used to visit him every day to hear his 'Uncle' stories. He loved to tell the story of his life to children and young people, and would do so in the most graphic manner.
Mr. Martin was married in South Africa in 1906 to Miss Nancy Mann, who died in 1943. He remarried and his second wife died two years ago. There are four children. Among his many connections, Mr Martin was a member of the Society of Authors, and had been a vice-president of Timberscombe Cricket Club.
Somerset County Gazette, Friday, April 1, 1966
Achieved fame as author at age of 84
There were two funeral services for the man who achieved fame as an author at the age of 84, the well-loved Methodist minister of Timberscombe, the Rev. J.P. Martin. He died at the age of 86 on Thursday, March 24th, after a short illness, at his Timberscombe home, here he had lived for 17 years faithfully serving neighbouring chapels as the supernumerary minister in the Kingsbrompton Circuit.
On Sunday night the coffin was taken to the tiny village chapel in Timberscombe where he had so often preached. Family and friends sang the minister's favourite hymns and a moving sermon was preached by the circuit minister, the Rev. J.E. Melling of Roadwater. The vicar the Rev. J.H. Bury, was also present to pay tribute to "a dedicated man of God".
But because the village chapel was too small to accommodate the many friends who wished to attend, a second funeral service was held in The avenue Methodist Church, Minehead, on Tuesday. Nearly 100 people were present.
Children's stories
Mr Martin, who was also an amateur artist, had been writing stories for many years, first for his own children, then for his nieces and nephews and afterwards for his grandchildren- but not for publication. His efforts at authorship induced others to try their hand. His sister Mrs Dora Fowler Martin published a novel, and so did his son, Hal. His daughter Mrs Stella Martin Currey, was successful with half a dozen novels and her husband, Mr R N Currey, had several books of poems published.
It was not until two years ago that a relative handed one of the minister's manuscripts to a representative of the publishers, Jonathan Cape. It concerned the adventures of "Uncle", a suave, well-dressed elephant who rode about town on a traction engine.
Two "Uncle" books were published and a series of six were envisaged from the manuscripts Mr Martin had accumulated over the years. Press, radio and television interviews meant little to this kindly sober-faced minister with a pungent sense of humour, but he took endless delight in the thought that his words were entertaining children of many lands. His books were published in America and on the continent. The day before he died he was happy to learn that they had just been translated into Japanese.
External Links
Lion Tower: Uncle Appreciation Society
J.P. Martin biography and bibliography
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Pieter Burmann (1668 - March 31, 1741), Dutch classical scholar, known as the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was born at Utrecht.At the age of thirteen he entered the university where he studied under Graevius and Gronovius. He devoted himself particularly to the study of the classical languages, and became unusually proficient in Latin composition. As he was intended for the legal profession, he spent some years in attendance on the law classes. For about a year he studied at Leiden, paying special attention to philosophy and Greek.
On his return to Utrecht he took the degree of doctor of laws (March 1688), and after travelling through Switzerland and part of Germany, settled down to the practice of law, without, however, abandoning his classical studies. In December 1691 he was appointed receiver of the tithes which were originally paid to the bishop of Utrecht, and five years later was nominated to the professorship of eloquence and history. To this chair was soon added that of Greek and politics. In 1714 he paid a short visit to Paris and ransacked the libraries. In the following year he was appointed successor to the celebrated Perizonius, who had held the chair of history, Greek language and eloquence at Leiden.
He was subsequently appointed professor of history for the United Provinces and chief librarian. His numerous editorial and critical works spread his fame as a scholar throughout Europe, and engaged him in many of the stormy disputes which were then so common among men of letters. Burmann was rather a compiler than a critic; his commentaries show immense learning and accuracy, but are wanting in taste and judgment. He died on the 31st of March 1741.
Burmann edited the following classical authors:
He also published an edition of George Buchanan's works, continued Graevius's great work, Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, and wrote a treatise De Vectigalibus Populi Romani (1694) and a short manual of Roman antiquities, Antiquitatum Romanarum Brevis Descriptio (1711). His Sylloge epistolarum a viris illustribus scriptarum (1725) is of importance for the history of learned men. The list of his works occupies five pages in Saxe's Onomasticon. His poems and orations were published after his death. There is an account of his life in the Gentleman's Magazine for April (1742) by Dr Samuel Johnson.
- Phaedrus (1698)
- Horace (1699)
- Valerius Flaccus (1702)
- Petronius Arbiter (1709)
- Velleius Paterculus (1719)
- Quintilian (1720)
- Justin (1722)
- Ovid (1727)
- Poetae Latini minores (1731)
- Suetonius (1736)
- Lucan (1740)
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pieter Burmann the Elder."
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One's uncle is either a male sibling of one of one's parents or the husband of an aunt who is the female sibling of a parent.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Uncle."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
UNCLE | English | Universal Nice Command Language Environment | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: aunt (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
Inhabitant | Aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Uncle |
| English words defined with "uncle": aunt, auntie, aunty, avuncular ♦ call after, cheaply, chintzily, cousin, cousin-german, Creon ♦ Eame, Eme ♦ first cousin, full cousin ♦ George Otto Trevelyan, granduncle, great-uncle ♦ knell ♦ Parthian, parting ♦ recourse, refuge, resort, ring ♦ Sir George Otto Trevelyan, stingily ♦ To name, Trevelyan ♦ Uncleship, Unkle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "uncle": Abbassides, Abihail ♦ Barnwell, Beuves, But that, But what, Button-hole ♦ collateral heir ♦ Doctor Slop ♦ GRINAGOG, Guelpho ♦ heir of the part of the father ♦ Kingly Titles ♦ Legree, Lombard Street to a China Orange ♦ Mar's Year, Modred, Mudarra ♦ PATRIOT, Paul and Virginia, PAWN ♦ Redgauntlet ♦ SAM, Somerset House ♦ THE CAT'S UNCLE, TOM ♦ WASHINGTON ♦ Ysolde. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "uncle": Avuncular. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know that, officially, Uncle Sam is completely neutral in this turkey shoot (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Uncle Nick-Nack's winter wardrobe (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson) All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Uncle Owen (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) Uncle Frank and Aunt Jack (Mrs. Doubtfire; writing credit: Randi Mayem Singer) | |
Lyrics | We're so sorry Uncle Albert (Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey; performing artist: Paul McCartney) They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) Will you marry me Uncle Ray (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan) Uh, uh, Uncle Phil up above y'all, uh, uh (E.I.; performing artist: Nelly) Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide, ("Uncle John's Band"; performing artist: The Grateful Dead) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Uncle Floyd Show (1974) Uncle Rollo (1972) Cry Uncle! (1971) Rest In Peace Uncle Fred (1970) Uncle David (1970) | |
Song Titles | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (performing artist: Paul McCartney) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Point Conception Lighthouse Drawing by Major Hartman Bache, inspectof of the 12th Lighthouse District Hartman Bache was the uncle of Alexander D. Bache, 2nd supt. of the Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Point Conception Lighthouse Drawing by Major Hartman Bache, inspectof of the 12th Lighthouse District Hartman Bache was the uncle of Alexander D. Bache, 2nd supt. of the Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Rare orchid (Epipactis gigantea) found on Uncle Sam Mountain in Stevens County, Washington. Credit: Barbara Brenner. |  | Halftone photograph taken circa 1893-98, and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898. Credit: NAVY. |
 | "Gunner's Gang", photographed in one of the ship's torpedo rooms. Halftoned photograph, published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898. Credit: NAVY. |  | Uncle Paul's pawn shop, Augusta, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A. Dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work Uncle Tom's Cabin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cousin John. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Uncle Sam's Christmas dream. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Uncle Sam presents his return quota of "assisted" immigrants. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | My uncle has been too good for me to encroach |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Your uncle Scrooge |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Uncle Charles was a hale old man with a welltanned skin, rugged features and white side whiskers |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | The King mine uncle is to blame for it. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Pa turned to Uncle John |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the Grammar School, and a towardly child |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Great Uncle George may have always been a heavy drinker--his family may find that as he gets older, the problem gets worse. (references) | |
Children | Dominican Republic | In the majority of the cases, the accused is a person close to the child: A father, grandfather, uncle, brother, cousin, or close family friend. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | General Antonio Mba Ngeuma, the owner and operator's uncle, shut down the station after Obiang Nguema released a press statement discussing his dissatisfaction with some of the new members of his father's government, particularly members of the security forces. (references) |
Economic History | Nigeria | Uncle Ben's rice has been relaunched back into the Nigerian market. (references) |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Her uncle had accused her of having an affair with the family's driver. (references) |
Venezuela | Hernandez's uncle heard him plead to the agents and heard a gunshot in the family's garden. (references) | |
Pakistan | Mehvish Miankhel, a member of an influential political family in Dera Ghazi Khan, allegedly was killed by her uncle in April. (references) | |
Minorities | Equatorial Guinea | The Fang dominated the united independent state; during the first decade after independence, misrule and repression by Obiang's uncle, Macias Nguema, reduced the country's population by approximately one-third and devastated the economy. (references) |
Political Economy | Bahrain | Shaikh Hamad rules with the assistance of his uncle, the Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa; his son, the Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa; and an appointed Cabinet of Ministers. (references) |
Bahrain | The Amir, Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, governs the country with the assistance of his uncle, the Prime Minister, his son, the Crown Prince, an appointed cabinet of ministers, and an appointed Consultative Council that advises the Government on all new legislation. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | In December 2000, Khalida was killed by her uncle and other relatives who accused her of having illicit relations with Momin Gorchani. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | I love Uncle Sam, but I didn't want him to take all my money. So, I founded an oil well drilling. You can write off all of the intangible drilling, which is a big hunk of the money that goes against your income. |
Linda Thompson | Well, interestingly enough, I disappeared for two weeks. I went on vacation with my aunt and uncle to Golf Shores, Alabama. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Uncle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.22% of the time. "Uncle" is used about 3,524 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 54.22% | 1,911 | 4,475 |
| Noun (proper) | 45.78% | 1,613 | 5,149 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,524 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "uncle". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahab | N/A | Biblical | Uncle |
| Dodo | N/A | Biblical | His uncle |
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| Country | Name |
| Greece | Uncle Stathis SA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "uncle": cry uncle ♦ dutch uncle ♦ great uncle ♦ maternal uncle ♦ my uncle ♦ paternal uncle ♦ say uncle ♦ speak to smb. like a dutch uncle ♦ talk to smb. like a dutch uncle ♦ uncle Joe ♦ uncle john ♦ uncle Sam ♦ uncle tom. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "uncle": uncle-camillo-eyes, uncle-father, Uncle-george, Uncle-in-law, uncle-ly, uncle-solicitor. | |
Ending with "uncle": un-uncle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
uncle kracker | 3,227 | craker uncle | 86 |
uncle sam | 927 | uncle mikes holsters | 79 |
uncle bens | 668 | lust uncle | 79 |
bens product uncle | 580 | bob your uncle | 77 |
bens bowls uncle | 577 | kraker uncle | 74 |
luke uncle | 365 | uncle webster | 72 |
uncle toms cabin | 313 | uncle buck | 68 |
uncle | 288 | uncle bens rice | 60 |
kracker lyrics uncle | 267 | julios uncle | 56 |
uncle mikes | 261 | uncle sam clip art | 54 |
henrys uncle | 219 | niece uncle | 53 |
uncle henry | 204 | lyrics sam uncle | 52 |
uncle fester | 168 | uncle tom | 52 |
uncle sam picture | 164 | poem uncle | 52 |
away drift kracker lyrics uncle | 143 | uncle sam poster | 50 |
away drift kracker uncle | 143 | scoopy uncle | 49 |
uncle credit union | 121 | matty uncle | 46 |
man from uncle | 115 | away dobie drift edit featuring gray kracker lyrics radio uncle | 40 |
uncle tupelo | 103 | bob storage uncle | 40 |
uncle remus | 95 | follow kracker lyrics uncle | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "uncle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | oom. (various references) | |
Albanian | dajë (maternal uncle). (various references) | |
Arabic | زوج العمة, زوج الخالة, عم (pervade, prevail, reign, whereof), خال (beauty spot, mole, unoccupied, void), المساند, المشجع (encouraging), الناصح (adviser, advisor, mentor). (various references) | |
Asturian | tíu. (various references) | |
Aymara | sullcatata, jilatata. (various references) | |
Basque | osaba. (various references) | |
Bemba | yama. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свако, собственик на заложна къща, чичо, вуйчо. (various references) | |
Catalan | oncle. (various references) | |
Cebuano | uyoan. (various references) | |
Chamorro | tihu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 老大爺 (grandpa), 伯父, 伯伯 (father's elder brother), 大爺 (father's older brother; elder uncle). (various references) | |
Cornish | ewnter. (various references) | |
Czech | strýc (nuncle). (various references) | |
Danish | onkel. (various references) | |
Dutch | oom (maternal uncle, paternal uncle). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | taitapac huauqui, mamapac turi. (various references) | |
Esperanto | patroflanka onklo (paternal uncle), patrinflanka onklo (maternal uncle), onklo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | móðurbróðir, faðirbróðir. (various references) | |
Farsi | عمو, عم , داءی . (various references) | |
Finnish | setä. (various references) | |
French | oncle. (various references) | |
Frisian | omke. (various references) | |
German | Onkel (uncles). (various references) | |
Greek | θείοσ (celestial, divine, sublime, supernal), θείος. (various references) | |
Guarani | tio. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | dajë (maternal uncle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ו" (boiler, kettle, pot, tank, vat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagybácsi. (various references) | |
Icelandic | móðurbróðir (maternal uncle), föðurbróðir (paternal uncle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | paman. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | akkak. (various references) | |
Italian | zio. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 伯父. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おっさ" , おじさ" (middle-aged gentleman), おじき, おじ, おとおじ (parent's younger brother), しゅくふ, はくふ, はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, win acclaim, winning acclaim). (various references) | |
Kongo | ngwa nkazi. (various references) | |
Korean | 삼촌. (various references) | |
Lombard | barba. (various references) | |
Macedonian | chichko. (various references) | |
Manx | naim. (various references) | |
Maori | matua keekee. (various references) | |
Maya | tyoh. (various references) | |
Mohawk | -noha's. (various references) | |
Norwegian | onkel. (various references) | |
Occitan | oncle. (various references) | |
Papago | chuhchudam. (various references) | |
Papiamen | tío, omo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eunclay.(various references) | |
Polish | wujek, wuj (maternal uncle), stryj (paternal uncle). (various references) | |
Portuguese | tio. (various references) | |
Provencal | oncle. (various references) | |
Romanian | unchi (nuncle), nene (pop), nea. (various references) | |
Romansch | aug. (various references) | |
Romany | k koos, dayjos. (various references) | |
Ruanda | data wacu. (various references) | |
Russian | дядя. (various references) | |
Samoan | uso o le tama. (various references) | |
Sepedi | malome. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ujka, ujak, tetak, teča, stric, čika. (various references) | |
Shona | babamukuru. (various references) | |
Sicilian | ziu. (various references) | |
Spanish | tío (beggar, bugger, chap, chappy, fellow, gaffer, geezer, guy, merchant), tio. (various references) | |
Sranan | omu. (various references) | |
Swahili | mjomba, baba mdogo. (various references) | |
Swazi | málûme. (various references) | |
Swedish | morbror (maternal uncle), farbror (paternal uncle), onkel. (various references) | |
Thai | ชายที่ให้คำแนะนำตรงๆ เหมือนเป็นพ่อแม่หรือญาติ (Dutch uncle), ยอมรับความพ่ายแพ้ (buckle under, knuckle under, say uncle). (various references) | |
Turkish | amca (avuncular, paternal uncle). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dяadяa (r), dдde (father), daяy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | лихвар (moneylender, note-shaver, usurer), дядько (gaffer, nuncle, nunky). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chú (guv'nor), cậu, bác. (various references) | |
Welsh | ewythr. (various references) | |
Zulu | umalume. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | avunculus, patruus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | tûirîm. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | eam. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 10, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen o oikeioV proV saoul apaggeilon dh moi ti eipen soi samouhl |
| Latin | 405 |
