Meanings
plural great-uncles · alternative great uncle · alternative greatuncle
- An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
Synonyms: granduncle, gruncle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
by gender
by reciprocal relationship
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishgret-uncle
- Englishgreat-uncle
From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πρόθειος
- πρόθειος (prótheios)uncle of one's parent
Catalan besoncle
- besoncleuncle of one's parent
Chinese Cantonese 伯公, 叔公
- 伯公 (baak³ gung¹)uncle of one's parent
- 叔公 (suk¹ gung¹)uncle of one's parent
- 外伯公 (ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹)uncle of one's parent
- 外叔公 (ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹)uncle of one's parent
- 舅公 (kau⁵ gung¹)uncle of one's parent
Chinese Mandarin 伯祖, 伯公
- 伯祖 (bózǔ)uncle of one's parent
- 伯公 (bógōng)uncle of one's parent
- 伯祖父 (bózǔfù)uncle of one's parent
- 叔祖 (shūzǔ)uncle of one's parent
- 叔公 (shūgōng)uncle of one's parent
- 叔祖父 (shūzǔfù)uncle of one's parent
- 舅爺 /舅爷 (jiùyé)uncle of one's parent
- 舅祖 (jiùzǔ)uncle of one's parent
- 舅公 (jiùgōng)uncle of one's parent
Czech prastrýc
- prastrýcuncle of one's parent
Dutch oudoom
- oudoomuncle of one's parent
Esperanto praonklo
- praonklouncle of one's parent
Finnish isosetä, isoeno
- isosetäuncle of one's parent
- isoenouncle of one's parent
French grand-oncle
- grand-oncleuncle of one's parent
German Großonkel, Grossonkel
- Großonkeluncle of one's parent
- Grossonkeluncle of one's parent
- Großoheimuncle of one's parent
- Grossoheimuncle of one's parent
Irish seanuncail
- seanuncailuncle of one's parent
Italian prozio
- proziouncle of one's parent
Japanese 大叔父
- 大叔父 (ōoji)uncle of one's parent
Latin patruus magnus, avunculus magnus
- patruus magnusuncle of one's parent
- avunculus magnusuncle of one's parent
- avunculusuncle of one's parent
Malay datuk saudara
- datuk saudarauncle of one's parent
Norwegian Bokmål grandonkel, filleonkel
- grandonkeluncle of one's parent
- filleonkeluncle of one's parent
Polish wujeczny dziadek, stryjeczny dziadek
- wujeczny dziadekuncle of one's parent
- stryjeczny dziadekuncle of one's parent
Portuguese tio-avô
- tio-avôuncle of one's parent
Romanian străunchi
- străunchiuncle of one's parent
Russian двою́родный дед
- двою́родный дед (dvojúrodnyj ded)uncle of one's parent
Spanish tío abuelo
- tío abuelouncle of one's parent
Swedish gammelonkel, gammelfarbror
- gammelonkeluncle of one's parent
- gammelfarbroruncle of one's parent
- gammelmorbroruncle of one's parent
Ukrainian двою́рідний дід
- двою́рідний дід (dvojúridnyj did)uncle of one's parent
Welsh hen ewythr, hen wncwl
- hen ewythruncle of one's parent
- hen wncwluncle of one's parent
Cite this entry
great-uncle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-uncle
“great-uncle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-uncle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-uncle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-uncle.
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