great-uncle

See also: greatuncle and great uncle

English

Alternative forms

great uncle, greatuncle

Etymology

From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- +‎ uncle.

Noun

great-uncle (plural great-uncles)

An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).

Synonyms

granduncle
gruncle (slang)

Antonyms

(by gender) great-aunt
(by reciprocal relationship) great-nephew, great-niece

Translations

uncle of one's parent

Catalan: besoncle (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 伯公 (baak³ gung¹) (paternal grandfather's elder brother), 叔公 (suk¹ gung¹) (paternal grandfather's younger brother), 外伯公 (ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹) (maternal grandfather's elder brother), 外叔公 (ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹) (maternal grandfather's younger brother), 舅公 (kau⁵ gung¹) (grandmother's brother)

Hokkien: 伯公 (zh-min-nan) (peh-kong) (paternal grandfather's elder brother), 叔公 (chek-kong) (paternal grandfather's younger brother), 舅公 (kū-kong) (grandmother's brother)

Mandarin: 伯祖 (zh) (bózǔ) (paternal grandfather's elder brother), 伯公 (zh) (bógōng) (paternal grandfather's elder brother), 伯祖父 (bózǔfù) (paternal grandfather's elder brother), 叔祖 (zh) (shūzǔ) (paternal grandfather's younger brother), 叔公 (zh) (shūgōng) (paternal grandfather's younger brother), 叔祖父 (shūzǔfù) (paternal grandfather's younger brother), 舅爺 / 舅爷 (zh) (jiùyé) (paternal grandmother's brother), 舅祖 (zh) (jiùzǔ) (paternal grandmother's brother), 舅公 (zh) (jiùgōng) (grandmother's brother)
Czech: prastrýc (cs) m
Dutch: oudoom (nl)
Esperanto: praonklo
Finnish: isosetä (fi) (brother of a grandfather), isoeno (fi) (brother of a grandmother)
French: grand-oncle (fr) m
Galician: tío avó (gl) m
German: Großonkel (de) m, Grossonkel (de) m (Switzerland and Liechtenstein), Großoheim m (obsolete), Grossoheim m (obsolete, Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Greek:
- Ancient: πρόθειος m (prótheios)
Ido: preonklo (io), preonklulo (io)
Irish: seanuncail m
Italian: prozio (it)
Japanese: 大叔父 (ja) (おおおじ, ōoji)
Latin: patruus magnus m (paternal), avunculus magnus m (maternal), avunculus (la)
Macedonian: пра́чичко m (práčičko)
Malay: datuk saudara
Navajo: acheii (maternal), análí (paternal)
Norman: grand-oncl'ye m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grandonkel (no) m, filleonkel m

Nynorsk: grandonkel m
Portuguese: tio-avô (pt)
Romanian: străunchi (ro) m
Russian: двою́родный дед (ru) m (dvojúrodnyj ded)
Slovene: prastric m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: stary wujk m

Upper Sorbian: wulki wuj m, wulkowuj m
Spanish: tío abuelo m
Swedish: gammelonkel c, gammelfarbror (sv) c (parent's paternal), gammelmorbror (sv) c (parent's maternal)
Ukrainian: двою́рідний дід m (dvojúridnyj did)
Welsh: hen ewythr m, hen wncwl m