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

Father visited my uncle in hospital.
    Min far besökte min farbror på sjukhuset.
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.

Repetera tidigare ord

razor blade	band	desert	screwdriver
sap	crowbar	chalk	door
talk	day	shelf	valley
drummer	hail	corner	one

Slumpmässig

finger	cook	pig	driver
bowl	thirty-two	month	vest
soap	waiter	one	September
herb	model	snow	horn

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