uncle — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

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   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.

2. The male cousin of one’s parent.

3. Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.

   Gebrauch

   • endearing

4. Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.

   Gebrauch

   • euphemistic

5. A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen

6. A pawnbroker.

   Gebrauch

   • britischer Gebrauch
   • veraltend
   • informell

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   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. An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

   Gebrauch

   • especially
   • in the Southern US

8. An older African-American male.

   Gebrauch

   • Southern-US
   • archaisch
   • Slang

   Beispiele

   Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.

9. Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.

   Gebrauch

   • Brunei
   • Malaysia
   • Myanmar
   • Singapore
   • informell

Interjektion

1. A cry used to indicate surrender.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
   • umgangssprachlich

Verb

1. To address somebody by the term uncle.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich
   • transitiv

2. To act like, or as, an uncle.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich
   • intransitiv

   Beispiele

   Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford

Substantiv

1. the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

   Antonyme

   aunt

   Oberbegriffe

   kinsman

2. a source of help and advice and encouragement

   Oberbegriffe

   benefactorhelpermanadult male

   Beispiele

   he played uncle to lonely students