great-uncle

See also: greatuncle and great uncle

English

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

great-uncle (plural great-uncles)

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

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)

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 (zh), 舅爷 (zh) (jiùyé) (paternal grandmother's brother), 舅祖 (zh) (jiùzǔ) (paternal grandmother's brother), 舅公 (jiùgōng) (grandmother's brother)

Min Nan: 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)
Czech: prastrýc (cs) m
Dutch: oudoom (nl)
Esperanto: praonklo
Finnish: isosetä (fi) (brother of a grandfather), isoeno (fi) (brother of a grandfather)
French: grand-oncle (fr) m
Galician: tío avó m
German: Großonkel (de) m
Ido: preonklo, preonklulo

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