Meanings
nounpaternal uncle (plural paternal uncles)
plural paternal uncles
- A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Arabic عَمّ
- عَمّ (ʕamm)brother of one's father
Bengali কাকা, চাচা
- কাকা (kaka)brother of one's father
- চাচা (caca)brother of one's father
- ফুফা (phupha)brother of one's father
Bulgarian чичо
- чичо (čičo)brother of one's father
Chinese Mandarin 伯父, 伯伯
- 伯父 (bófù)brother of one's father
- 伯伯 (bóbo)brother of one's father
- 叔父 (shūfù)brother of one's father
- 叔叔 (shūshu)brother of one's father
- 姑父 (gūfu)brother of one's father
- 姑丈 (gūzhàng)brother of one's father
Czech strýc
- strýcbrother of one's father
Danish farbror, onkel
- farbrorbrother of one's father
- onkelbrother of one's father
Dutch nonkel
- nonkelbrother of one's father
Finnish setä, setäpuoli
- setäbrother of one's father
- setäpuolibrother of one's father
French oncle, tonton
- onclebrother of one's father
- tontonbrother of one's father
- oncle paternelbrother of one's father
German Onkel
- Onkelbrother of one's father
Greek θείος
- θείος (theíos)brother of one's father
Hebrew דּוֹד
- דּוֹד (dod)brother of one's father
Hindi ताऊ, चाचा
- ताऊ (tāū)brother of one's father
- चाचा (cācā)brother of one's father
- फूफा (phūphā)brother of one's father
Hungarian apai nagybácsi (ágról való)
- apai nagybácsi (ágról való)brother of one's father
Icelandic föðurbróðir
- föðurbróðirbrother of one's father
Irish uncail, uncail athartha
- uncailbrother of one's father
- uncail atharthabrother of one's father
Italian zio, zio paterno
- ziobrother of one's father
- zio paternobrother of one's father
Japanese 伯父, 伯父さん
- 伯父 (oji, hakufu)brother of one's father
- 伯父さん (ojisan)brother of one's father
- 伯父貴 (ojiki)brother of one's father
- 叔父 (oji, shukufu)brother of one's father
- 叔父さん (ojisan)brother of one's father
- 叔父貴 (ojiki)brother of one's father
Korean 친삼촌
- 친삼촌 (chinsamchon)brother of one's father
Latin patruus, barbas
- patruusbrother of one's father
- barbasbrother of one's father
- barbanusbrother of one's father
Persian عمو, افدر
- عمو ('amu)brother of one's father
- افدر (afdar)brother of one's father
- کاکا (kâkâ)brother of one's father
Polish stryj, stryjek
- stryjbrother of one's father
- stryjekbrother of one's father
- wujbrother of one's father
- wujekbrother of one's father
Portuguese tio, tio paterno
- tiobrother of one's father
- tio paternobrother of one's father
Romanian unchi, unchi după tată
- unchibrother of one's father
- unchi după tatăbrother of one's father
Russian дя́дя, дя́дя по отцу́
- дя́дя (djádja)brother of one's father
- дя́дя по отцу́ (djádja po otcú)brother of one's father
- дя́дя по отцо́вской ли́нии (djádja po otcóvskoj línii)brother of one's father
Scottish Gaelic bràthair-athar
- bràthair-atharbrother of one's father
Spanish tío, tío paterno
- tíobrother of one's father
- tío paternobrother of one's father
Swahili amu, ami
- amubrother of one's father
- amibrother of one's father
Swedish farbror, onkel
- farbrorbrother of one's father
- onkelbrother of one's father
- fars svågerbrother of one's father
- ingift farbrorbrother of one's father
Tamil பெரியப்பா, சித்தப்பா
- பெரியப்பா (periyappā)brother of one's father
- சித்தப்பா (cittappā)brother of one's father
Thai ลุง, อา
- ลุงbrother of one's father
- อา (aa)brother of one's father
Turkish amca, enişte
- amcabrother of one's father
- eniştebrother of one's father
- emmibrother of one's father
Urdu تایَا, تائے اَبُّو m چَچا
- تایَا (tāyā)brother of one's father
- تائے اَبُّو m چَچا (tāe abbū)brother of one's father
- چاچا (cācā)brother of one's father
- پُھپّا (phuppā)brother of one's father
Vietnamese bác, chú
- bácbrother of one's father
- chúbrother of one's father
Cite this entry
APA
paternal uncle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paternal%20uncle
MLA
“paternal uncle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paternal%20uncle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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