uncle

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//ˈʌŋ.kl̩//

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

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The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
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.
4
Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
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figuréA source of advice, encouragement, or help.
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vieilliA 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)
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An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
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archaïqueAn older African-American male.
Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.
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familierAny middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avunculus Old French unclebor. Middle English uncle English uncle From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), 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 Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.

interjection

1
A cry used to indicate surrender.

verbe

1
To address somebody by the term uncle.
2
To act like, or as, an uncle.
Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford

Formes

pluriel: uncles
passé: uncled
participe passé: uncled
participe présent: uncling
3ᵉ personne du singulier: uncles

uncanny · Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural);…uncertain · Not certain; unsure.uncertainty · Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

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

Uncle · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.unclean · Dirty, soiled or foul.unclear · Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.