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uncle
English
Etymology
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“mother’s brother”, literally “little grandfather”), compare avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?euh?-n-tlo (“little grandfather”), diminutive of *h?éwh?os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”). Displaced native Middle English eam, eme (“maternal uncle”) from Old English ?am (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?ng?k?l, IPA(key): /???.k?l/
- (US), IPA(key): /???.k?l/, [???.k??], [???.k??]
- (UK), IPA(key): /???.k?l/, IPA(key): [???.k??], [???.k??]
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Noun
uncle (plural uncles)
- The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- (endearing) The male cousin of one’s parent.
- (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
- (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
- (Britain, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.
- December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine
- A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)
- December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine
- (especially in the Southern US, parts of Britain and South Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
- (Southern US, slang, archaic) An older African-American male.
- 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men
- Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.
- 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men
Synonyms
- (dialectal, Scotland) eam, eme
- (archaic or dialectal) nuncle
- (India, as a respectful term of address) uncleji
- (familiar or endearing) uncley, unclie, uncly
Antonyms
- (with regard to gender): aunt
- (with regard to ancestry): niece, nephew
- (African-American): boy
- (India): aunty
Hypernyms
- (sibling of someone's parent) auncle, pibling (both nonstandard)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
See also: related paternal uncle and maternal uncle for more translations.
Interjection
uncle
- A cry used to indicate surrender.
Derived terms
- cry uncle
- say uncle
Verb
uncle (third-person singular simple present uncles, present participle uncling, simple past and past participle uncled)
- (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “uncle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “uncle”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Clune
Old French
Noun
uncle m (oblique plural uncles, nominative singular uncles, nominative plural uncle)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of oncle
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daddy
English
Etymology
From dad +? -y.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?d'i, IPA(key): /?dædi/
- Rhymes: -ædi
Noun
daddy (plural daddies)
- (usually childish) Father.
- (informal) A male lover.
- 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks
- She looked at me with that familiar desire
- Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
- She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
- But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,
- So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
- Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
- 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks
- (dated slang) An informal term of address for a man.
- Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!
- (slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
- 2004, David Wilson, Sean O'Sullivan, Images of Incarceration (page 162)
- However, what is of interest is that it is clear that the staff have to use the prisoners to run the borstal and thus do not object to, or try to control the inmate subculture that produces 'daddies', violence, sexual assault and racism, […]
- 2015, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang
- The daddies were the chaps of the old borstal system, leaders who had clawed their way to the top of the borstal food chain by showing gameness and the ability and willingness to inflict serious violence on their fellow detainees.
- 2004, David Wilson, Sean O'Sullivan, Images of Incarceration (page 162)
Synonyms
- da (Irish)
- dad
- dadda
- daddio
- pa
- papa
- paw
- pop
- poppa
- See also Thesaurus:father
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
daddy (third-person singular simple present daddies, present participle daddying, simple past and past participle daddied)
- (transitive, chiefly Appalachia) To father; to sire.
- 1997, Larry L. King, True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction (?ISBN):
- Grieving apparently wasn't a full-time job, however, since Hank up and married a gal named Billie Jean and daddied a daughter by yet another consoler.
- 1997, Larry L. King, True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction (?ISBN):
See also
- mom (US and Canada)
- mommy (US and Canada)
- mum
- mummy
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