Alternativa stavningar

  • (föråldrada ord) unkle
  • (föråldrada ord) unkel

Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈʌŋ.kəl/
    • IPA: /ˈʌŋk.l̩/
ÖversättningKontext
Substantiv
1.amca
2.dayı
3.enişte
4.acudialektal

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
  2. (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
  3. (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
  4. (British, informal) A pawnbroker.
  5. (Southern US and parts of UK, colloquial) A close male friend of the parents of a family.
  6. (Southern US, slang, archaic) an older male African-American person

Interjektioner

  1. A cry used to indicate surrender.

Exempel

  • 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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