Uncle in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Uncle in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say uncle in different languages. This page features translation of the word "uncle" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce uncle and how to read it.
Saying Uncle in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say uncle | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | xhaxhai | |
| Basque | osaba | |
| Belarusian | дзядзька [dziadźka] | |
| Bosnian | ujak | |
| Bulgarian | чичо [chicho] | |
| Catalan | oncle | |
| Corsican | ziu | |
| Croatian | ujak | |
| Czech | strýc | |
| Danish | onkel | |
| Dutch | oom | |
| Estonian | onu | |
| Finnish | setä | |
| French | oncle | |
| Frisian | omke | |
| Galician | tío | |
| German | Onkel | |
| Greek | θείος [theíos] | |
| Hungarian | nagybácsi | |
| Icelandic | Frændi | |
| Irish | uncail | |
| Italian | zio | |
| Latvian | onkulis | |
| Lithuanian | dėdė | |
| Luxembourgish | Monni | |
| Macedonian | вујко [vujko] | |
| Maltese | ziju | |
| Norwegian | onkel | |
| Polish | wujek | |
| Portuguese | tio | |
| Romanian | unchiul | |
| Russian | дядя [dyadya] | |
| Scots Gaelic | uncail | |
| Serbian | ујак [ujak] | |
| Slovak | strýko | |
| Slovenian | stric | |
| Spanish | tío | |
| Swedish | farbror | |
| Tatar | абзый | |
| Ukrainian | дядько [dyadʹko] | |
| Welsh | ewythr | |
| Yiddish | פעטער [feter] | |
Saying Uncle in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say uncle | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | հորեղբայր [horeghbayr] | |
| Azerbaijani | əmi | |
| Bengali | চাচা [cācā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 叔叔 [shūshu] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 叔叔 [shūshu] | |
| Georgian | ბიძა [bidza] | |
| Gujarati | કાકા [kākā] | |
| Hindi | चाचा [chaacha] | |
| Hmong | txiv ntxawm | |
| Japanese | 叔父 | |
| Kannada | ಚಿಕ್ಕಪ್ಪ [cikkappa] | |
| Kazakh | ағай [ağay] | |
| Khmer | ពូ | |
| Korean | 삼촌 [samchon] | |
| Kyrgyz | байке [bayke] | |
| Lao | ລຸງ [lung] | |
| Malayalam | അമ്മാവൻ [ammaavan] | |
| Marathi | काका [kākā] | |
| Mongolian | авга ах [avga akh] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဦးလေး [ ulayy] | |
| Nepali | काका [kākā] | |
| Odia | ମାମୁଁ | |
| Pashto | تره | |
| Punjabi | ਚਾਚਾ [cācā] | |
| Sindhi | چاچو | |
| Sinhala | මාමා [māmā] | |
| Tajik | амак | |
| Tamil | மாமா [māmā] | |
| Telugu | మామ [māma] | |
| Thai | ลุง | |
| Turkish | amca | |
| Turkmen | daýy | |
| Urdu | چچا | |
| Uyghur | تاغىسى | |
| Uzbek | amaki | |
| Vietnamese | Chú | |
Saying Uncle in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say uncle | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | عم [eamm] | |
| Hebrew | דוֹד | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | mam | |
| Persian | دایی | |
Saying Uncle in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say uncle | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | oom | |
| Amharic | አጎቴ [āgotē] | |
| Chichewa | amalume | |
| Hausa | kawu | |
| Igbo | nwanne nna | |
| Kinyarwanda | nyirarume | |
| Sesotho | Malome | |
| Shona | sekuru | |
| Somali | adeer | |
| Swahili | mjomba | |
| Xhosa | umalume | |
| Yoruba | aburo | |
| Zulu | umalume | |
Cite this Entry
"Uncle in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/uncle. Accessed 28 Nov 2023.
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