Dagens Engelsk ord

uncle

farbror or morbror

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

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.

Uttal

Exempelmeningar

This is the house where my uncle lives.
    Det här är huset, i vilket min farbror bor.
My uncle is a lousy driver.
    Min farbror är usel på att köra bil.
He is my uncle, since my father is his brother.
    Han är min farbror, eftersom min far är hans bror.
Father visited my uncle in hospital.
    Min far besökte min farbror på sjukhuset.

Repetera tidigare ord

escalator	spanner	earring	air
boot	time	puddle	mirror
ear	eighty	window	pine
necklace	painting	grip	summer

Slumpmässig

playground	road	twenty-six	fifty-eight
gear stick	cloudy	outside	pianist
pram	spirit level	wipe	fireplace
size	sleep	drink can	thirty-three

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