Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
US
- Tuntematon aksentti:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| bulgaria | калеко, свако (svako), чи́чо, стри́ко, ву́йчо, байно, байко |
| espanja | tío |
| esperanto | onklo |
| hollanti | oom, nonkel, oompje, suikeroom, pandjesbaas |
| italia | zio, barba |
| japani | 伯父 (hakufu), 伯父さん (ojisan), 叔父さん (ojisan), 叔父貴 (ojiki), おじさん (ojisan / oji-san), 伯父貴 (ojiki), 叔父 (shukufu), おじ (oji), 小父さん (ojisan) |
| kreikka | θείος (thíos / theíos), μπάρμπας (bármpas) |
| latina | patruus, avunculus |
| latvia | tēvocis, tēva brālis, mātes brālis, onkulis |
| liettua | dėdė |
| portugali | tio |
| puola | stryj, stryjek, wuj, wujek |
| ranska | oncle, tonton |
| ruotsi | farbror, morbror, onkel, morbroder |
| saksa | Onkel, Oheim |
| suomi | eno, setäpuoli, enopuoli, setä, kummisetä, setä tai eno |
| tanska | farbror, morbror, onkel |
| turkki | amca, dayı, enişte, acu |
| tšekki | strýc, strýček, strejda |
| unkari | nagybácsi, bá, bácsi, tata, nagybátya, bátya |
| venäjä | дя́дька (djádka), ростовщи́к (rostovštšík), дя́дя (djádja), дядя (djadja), дядька (djadka) |
| viro | onu |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- The male cousin of one’s parent.
- (endearing) Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
- (euphemistic) Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
- (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
- (British, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.
- (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.
- (Southern US, slang, archaic) An older African-American male.
- (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, informal) Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
Huudahdus
- (US, colloquial) A cry used to indicate surrender.
Verbi
- (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.
Esimerkit
- My uncle is an atheist
- And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
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