paternal uncle

English

Noun

paternal uncle (plural paternal uncles)

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father.

Related terms

Translations

Several languages distinguish between blood paternal uncles (one's father's brothers) and in-law paternal uncles (one's father's brothers-in-law).

brother of one's father

Albanian: xhaxha (sq) m, dajë (sq) m (father's brother-in-law)
Arabic: عَمّ‎ (ar) m (ʿamm)
Armenian: հորեղբայր (hy) (horełbayr)
Azerbaijani: əmi (az)
Bulgarian: чичо (bg) m (čičo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伯父 (zh) (bófù), 伯伯 (zh) (bóbo) (father’s elder brother), 叔父 (zh) (shúfù), 叔叔 (zh) (shúshu) (father’s younger brother), 姑父 (zh) (gūfù), 姑丈 (zh) (gūzhàng) (father's brother-in-law)

Teochew: 阿伯 (a1 bêh4), 伯 (bêh4) (father’s elder brother), 阿叔 (a zêg4), 叔 (zêg4) (father's younger brother), 阿丈 (a1 dion6), 丈 (dion6) (father's brother-in-law)
Czech: strýc (cs) m
Danish: farbror (da) c (blood paternal uncle), onkel (da) c (in-law paternal uncle / informal)
Dutch: oom (nl) m, (Flemish) nonkel (nl) m
Ewe: tɔgã (father's elder brother), tɔɖe (father's younger brother)
Finnish: setä (fi), setäpuoli (father's brother-in-law)
French: oncle (fr) m, tonton (fr) m (informal), oncle paternel m
Georgian: ბიძა მამის მხრიდან (biʒa mamis mxridan)
German: Onkel (de) m, (archaic) Oheim (de) m
Gooniyandi: ngaboo
Greek: θείος (el) m (theíos)
Hebrew: דּוֹד‎ (he) m (dod)
Hindi: चाचा (hi) m (cācā) (father's younger brother), ताया (hi) m (tāyā) (father's elder brother)
Hungarian: nagybácsi (hu)
Icelandic: föðurbróðir (is) m
Interlingua: oncle
Irish: uncail m, uncail athartha m
Italian: zio (it) m, zio paterno m
Japanese:
(older) 伯父 (ja) (oji, hakufu) (humble); 伯父さん (ojisan) (polite); 伯父貴 (ojiki) (honorific)

(younger) 叔父 (ja) (oji, shukufu) (humble); 叔父さん (ojisan) (polite); 叔父貴 (ojiki) (honorific)
Kabyle: zizi m
Korean: 친삼촌 (ko) (chinsamchon)
Krisa: tani baʼ (father's elder brother), tani pung (father's younger brother)

Kurdish:
Kurmanji: mam (ku), ap (ku)

Sorani: مام‎ (ku) (mam)
Latin: patruus (la) m
Macedonian: чичко (čičko)
Manx: braar ayrey m
Marathi: काका m (kākā)
Meriam: bab
Montana Salish: smamáʔ
Navajo: abízhí
Old English: fædera m
Pitjantjatjara: (younger brother) mama maḻatja, (older brother) mama puḻka
Polish: stryj (pl) m, stryjek (pl) m, wuj (pl) m, wujek (pl) m
Portuguese: tio (pt), tio paterno (pt)
Quechua: yaya
Romanian: unchi (ro) m, unchi după tată m
Russian: дя́дя (ru) m (djádja), дя́дя по отцу́ m (djádja po otcú), дя́дя по отцо́вской ли́нии m (djádja po otcóvskoj línii)
Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-athar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стриц m, амиџа m (regional, non-standard); (father's brother-in-law) тетак m, течо m

Roman: stric m, amidža m (regional, non-standard); (father's brother-in-law) tetak m, tečo m
Seri: aaitz (younger)
Sinhalese: බාප්පා (bāppā) (father’s younger brother), ලොකු තාත්තා (loku tāttā) (father’s elder brother)
Slovene: stric (sl) m, dundo m
Spanish: tío (es) m, tío paterno m
Swahili: amu, ami (sw)
Swedish: farbror (sv) c, onkel (sv) c; (father's brother-in-law) far (sv)s svåger (sv) c, ingift (sv) farbror (sv) c
Tamil: பெரியப்ப (periyappa) (father’s elder brother), சிதப்ப (citappa) (father’s younger brother)
Taos: tų̀łu’úna
Thai: อา (th) (aa)
Tibetan: ཨ་ཁུ (a khu)
Torres Strait Creole: ankel
Turkish: amca (tr), enişte (tr) (father's brother-in-law), emmi (tr)
Vietnamese: bác (vi) (father’s elder brother), chú (vi) (father’s younger brother)
West Frisian: omke m
Zazaki: ded

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Pitjantjatjara: kamuṟu (mother’s brother); kulypal, kulypalpa (mother’s brother)
Tamil: (ath'thim'ber)

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