"farbror" meaning in Swedish

See farbror in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sv-farbror.ogg
Etymology: far + bror Etymology templates: {{compound|sv|far|bror}} far + bror Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} farbror c, {{sv-noun|c}} farbror c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|2=farbroder|3=farbröde}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], farbror [indefinite, nominative, singular], farbrors [genitive, indefinite, singular], farbrodern [definite, nominative, singular], farbroderns [definite, genitive, singular], farbröder [indefinite, nominative, plural], farbröders [genitive, indefinite, plural], farbröderna [definite, nominative, plural], farbrödernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a paternal uncle Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-farbror-sv-noun-zxLWLnPK Categories (other): Male family members Disambiguation of Male family members: 57 24 18
  2. (somewhat dated) a term of address for an older man Tags: common-gender, dated
    Sense id: en-farbror-sv-noun-F6KQ1Ga0
  3. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a man or older man in general Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-farbror-sv-noun-7Z9diSv~ Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 22 23 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: morbror (english: maternal uncle), onkel [rare]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "far",
        "3": "bror"
      },
      "expansion": "far + bror",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "far + bror",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbror",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrodern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbroderns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröders",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröderna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrödernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "farbror c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "farbror c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "farbroder",
        "3": "farbröde"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "maternal uncle",
      "word": "morbror"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "onkel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "sv:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a paternal uncle"
      ],
      "id": "en-farbror-sv-noun-zxLWLnPK",
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal uncle",
          "paternal uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a term of address for an older man"
      ],
      "id": "en-farbror-sv-noun-F6KQ1Ga0",
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat dated) a term of address for an older man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 23 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a man or older man in general"
      ],
      "id": "en-farbror-sv-noun-7Z9diSv~",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-farbror.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Sv-farbror.ogg/Sv-farbror.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:farbror"
  ],
  "word": "farbror"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish compound terms",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish nouns with irregular plurals",
    "sv:Male family members"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "far",
        "3": "bror"
      },
      "expansion": "far + bror",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "far + bror",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbror",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrodern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbroderns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröders",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbröderna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farbrödernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "farbror c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "farbror c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "farbroder",
        "3": "farbröde"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "maternal uncle",
      "word": "morbror"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "onkel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a paternal uncle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal uncle",
          "paternal uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a term of address for an older man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat dated) a term of address for an older man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a man or older man in general"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-farbror.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Sv-farbror.ogg/Sv-farbror.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Sv-farbror.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:farbror"
  ],
  "word": "farbror"
}

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