Engels Woord van de dag

uncle

oom

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

uncle

1. oom, nonkel

Engels > Engels

uncle

1. n. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

2. n. (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.

3. n. (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

4. n. (UK, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.

5. n. (especially in the Southern US, parts of UK, and 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.

6. n. (Southern US, slang) An older male African-American person.

7. interj. A cry used to indicate surrender.

8. v. (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.

9. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.

Nederlands > Engels

oom

1. n-m. (topics, Family members) uncle

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

Yesterday my uncle bought a dog.
    Gisteren heeft mijn oom een hond gekocht.
My uncle died of cancer two years ago.
    Mijn oom overleed twee jaar geleden aan kanker.
The brother of my mother is my uncle.
    De broer van mijn moeder is mijn oom.
She has an uncle who works in a bank.
    Zij heeft een oom die bij een bank werkt.
My first son was named after my uncle.
    Mijn eerste zoon was naar mijn oom genoemd.

Vorige woorden herzien

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stationery	sixty-nine	anaesthetic	fence
cable car	bark	wave	minute
skin	February	ambulance	fireplace

Willekeurig

goose	outside	fan	bull
accelerator	ninety-three	bush	bathrobe
desk	pigeon	noodle	light blue
grape	yoghurt	chimney	sixty-one

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