"great-uncle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: great-uncles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gret-uncle}} Middle English gret-uncle, {{af|en|great-|uncle}} great- + uncle Head templates: {{en-noun|head=great-uncle}} great-uncle (plural great-uncles)
  1. An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent). Categories (topical): Male family members Synonyms: granduncle, great uncle, greatuncle Translations (uncle of one's parent): besoncle [masculine] (Catalan), 伯公 (zh-min-nan) (english: paternal grandfather's elder brother) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 叔公 (chek-kong) (english: paternal grandfather's younger brother) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 舅公 (kū-kong) (english: grandmother's brother) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 伯公 (baak³ gung¹) (english: paternal grandfather's elder brother) (Chinese Cantonese), 叔公 (suk¹ gung¹) (english: paternal grandfather's younger brother) (Chinese Cantonese), 外伯公 (ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹) (english: maternal grandfather's elder brother) (Chinese Cantonese), 外叔公 (ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹) (english: maternal grandfather's younger brother) (Chinese Cantonese), 舅公 (kau⁵ gung¹) (english: grandmother's brother) (Chinese Cantonese), 伯祖 (bózǔ) (english: paternal grandfather's elder brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 伯公 (bógōng) (english: paternal grandfather's elder brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 伯祖父 (bózǔfù) (english: paternal grandfather's elder brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 叔祖 (shūzǔ) (english: paternal grandfather's younger brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 叔公 (shūgōng) (english: paternal grandfather's younger brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 叔祖父 (shūzǔfù) (english: paternal grandfather's younger brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 舅爺 (Chinese Mandarin), 舅爷 (jiùyé) (english: paternal grandmother's brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 舅祖 (jiùzǔ) (english: paternal grandmother's brother) (Chinese Mandarin), 舅公 (jiùgōng) (english: grandmother's brother) (Chinese Mandarin), prastrýc [masculine] (Czech), oudoom (Dutch), praonklo (Esperanto), isosetä (english: brother of a grandfather) (Finnish), isoeno (english: brother of a grandmother) (Finnish), grand-oncle [masculine] (French), tío avó [masculine] (Galician), Großonkel [masculine] (German), Grossonkel [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, masculine] (German), Großoheim [masculine, obsolete] (German), Grossoheim [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, masculine, obsolete] (German), preonklo (Ido), preonklulo (Ido), seanuncail [masculine] (Irish), prozio (Italian), 大叔父 (ōoji) (alt: おおおじ) (Japanese), patruus magnus (english: paternal) [masculine] (Latin), avunculus magnus (english: maternal) [masculine] (Latin), avunculus (Latin), stary wujk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), пра́чичко (práčičko) [masculine] (Macedonian), datuk saudara (Malay), acheii (english: maternal) (Navajo), análí (english: paternal) (Navajo), grand-oncl'ye [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), grandonkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), filleonkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grandonkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tio-avô (Portuguese), двою́родный дед (dvojúrodnyj ded) [masculine] (Russian), prastric [masculine] (Slovene), tío abuelo [masculine] (Spanish), gammelonkel [common-gender] (Swedish), gammelfarbror (english: parent's paternal) [common-gender] (Swedish), gammelmorbror (english: parent's maternal) [common-gender] (Swedish), двою́рідний дід (dvojúridnyj did) [masculine] (Ukrainian), wulki wuj [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), wulkowuj [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), hen ewythr [masculine] (Welsh), hen wncwl [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "roman": "kū-kong",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "word": "舅公"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bózǔ",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "伯祖"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
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          "roman": "bógōng",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bózǔfù",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
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          "roman": "shūzǔ",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
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          "roman": "shūgōng",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shūzǔfù",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "叔祖父"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "舅爺"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandmother's brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiùyé",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "舅爷"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "paternal grandmother's brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiùzǔ",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "english": "grandmother's brother",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiùgōng",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prastrýc"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "oudoom"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "english": "brother of a grandfather",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "isosetä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "brother of a grandmother",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tío avó"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Großonkel"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Grossonkel"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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            "Switzerland",
            "masculine",
            "obsolete"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "alt": "おおおじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōoji",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "大叔父"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "english": "paternal",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "patruus magnus"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "english": "maternal",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "avunculus"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "práčičko",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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        {
          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "nv",
          "english": "maternal",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "acheii"
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          "code": "nv",
          "english": "paternal",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "filleonkel"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "grandonkel"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "word": "tio-avô"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dvojúrodnyj ded",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "двою́родный дед"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "prastric"
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          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "word": "stary wujk"
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          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
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          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "wulkowuj"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tío abuelo"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gammelonkel"
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          "english": "parent's paternal",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gammelfarbror"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "parent's maternal",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gammelmorbror"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dvojúridnyj did",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "двою́рідний дід"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hen ewythr"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hen wncwl"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "great-uncle"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "by gender",
      "word": "great-aunt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by reciprocal relationship",
      "word": "great-nephew"
    },
    {
      "word": "great-niece"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gret-uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gret-uncle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "great-",
        "3": "uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "great- + uncle",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "great-uncles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "great-uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "great-uncle (plural great-uncles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms prefixed with great-",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Male family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ],
        [
          "brother-in-law",
          "brother-in-law"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "granduncle"
    },
    {
      "word": "great uncle"
    },
    {
      "word": "greatuncle"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "besoncle"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "baak³ gung¹",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "伯公"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "suk¹ gung¹",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "叔公"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "maternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngoi⁶ baak³ gung¹",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "外伯公"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "maternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngoi⁶ suk¹ gung¹",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "外叔公"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "grandmother's brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kau⁵ gung¹",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "舅公"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "伯公"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chek-kong",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "叔公"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "english": "grandmother's brother",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kū-kong",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "舅公"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bózǔ",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "伯祖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bógōng",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "伯公"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's elder brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bózǔfù",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "伯祖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūzǔ",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "叔祖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūgōng",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "叔公"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandfather's younger brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūzǔfù",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "叔祖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "舅爺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandmother's brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùyé",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "舅爷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "paternal grandmother's brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùzǔ",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "舅祖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "grandmother's brother",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùgōng",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "舅公"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prastrýc"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "oudoom"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "praonklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "brother of a grandfather",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "isosetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "brother of a grandmother",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "isoeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grand-oncle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tío avó"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Großonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grossonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Großoheim"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Grossoheim"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "preonklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "preonklulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seanuncail"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "prozio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おおおじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōoji",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "大叔父"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "english": "paternal",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patruus magnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "english": "maternal",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avunculus magnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "avunculus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "práčičko",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́чичко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "datuk saudara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "english": "maternal",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "acheii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "english": "paternal",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "análí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grand-oncl'ye"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grandonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filleonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grandonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "word": "tio-avô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvojúrodnyj ded",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двою́родный дед"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prastric"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stary wujk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wulki wuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wulkowuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tío abuelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gammelonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "parent's paternal",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gammelfarbror"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "parent's maternal",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gammelmorbror"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvojúridnyj did",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двою́рідний дід"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hen ewythr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "uncle of one's parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hen wncwl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "great-uncle"
}

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