Amharic አማርኛ am
አጎት
Ah-GOHT
Use 'Agot' to address or refer to your uncle.
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How to say
Uncle
50 languages. Same English phrase, each row is the natural translation for that language. Tap Play to hear a Fluente voice, or Practise to listen, repeat and score.
Arabic العربية ar
عم
'Ahm
Use 'ʿAmm' to address or refer to your paternal uncle.
Bangla বাংলা bn
কাকা / মামা
KAH-kah / MAH-mah
Use 'Kaka' for paternal uncle and 'Mama' for maternal uncle.
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Catalan català ca
Oncle
ON-kluh
Use 'Oncle' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Czech čeština cs
Strýc
STREETS
Use 'Strýc' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Danish dansk da
Onkel
ON-kuhl
Use 'Onkel' to address or refer to your uncle.
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German Deutsch de
Onkel
ON-kuhl
Use 'Onkel' to address or refer to your uncle.
Greek Ελληνικά el
Θείος
THEE-os
Use 'Thíos' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Spanish Español es
Tío
TEE-oh
Use 'Tío' to address your uncle or speak about him.
Estonian eesti et
Onu
OH-noo
Use 'Onu' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Basque Basque eu
Osaba
O-SA-ba
Use 'Osaba' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Persian فارسی fa
عمو
AH-moo
Use 'Amu' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Finnish suomi fi
Setä
SEH-tah
Use 'Setä' to address or refer to your uncle.
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French Français fr
Oncle
ON-kluh
Use 'Oncle' to refer to your uncle or address him.
Galician Galician gl
Tío
TEE-oh
Use 'Tío' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu
કાકા / મામા
KAH-kah / MAH-mah
Use 'Kaka' for paternal uncle and 'Mama' for maternal uncle.
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Hausa Hausa ha
Kawu
KAH-woo
Use 'Kawu' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Hebrew עברית he
דוד
DOHD
Use 'Dod' to address or refer to your uncle.
Hindi हिन्दी hi
चाचा / ताऊ
CHAH-chah / TA-oo
Use 'Chacha' for paternal uncle and 'Tau' for elder paternal uncle.
Hungarian magyar hu
Bácsi
BAH-chee
Use 'Bácsi' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Indonesian Indonesia id
Paman
PAH-man
Use 'Paman' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Icelandic Icelandic is
Afi
AH-vee
Use 'Afi' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Italian Italiano it
Zio
TSEE-oh
Use 'Zio' to address or refer to your uncle.
Japanese 日本語 ja
おじ / 伯父
OH-jee
Use 'Oji' to address or refer to your uncle.
Korean 한국어 ko
삼촌
Sahm-chon
Use 'Samchon' to address or refer to your uncle.
Lithuanian lietuvių lt
Dėdė
DEH-deh
Use 'Dėdė' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Latvian latviešu lv
Tēvocis
TEH-vo-tsis
Use 'Tēvocis' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Marathi मराठी mr
काका / मामा
KAH-kah / MAH-mah
Use 'Kaka' for paternal uncle and 'Mama' for maternal uncle.
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Malay Melayu ms
Pakcik
Pahk-chik
Use 'Pakcik' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Dutch Nederlands nl
Oom
Ohm
Use 'Oom' to address or refer to your uncle.
Norwegian norsk no
Onkel
ON-kuhl
Use 'Onkel' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa
ਚਾਚਾ / ਮਾਮਾ
CHAH-chah / MAH-mah
Use 'Chacha' for paternal uncle and 'Mama' for maternal uncle.
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Polish polski pl
Wujek
VOO-yek
Use 'Wujek' to address or refer to your uncle.
Portuguese Português pt
Tio
TEE-oo
Use 'Tio' to address or refer to your uncle.
Romanian română ro
Unchi
OON-kee
Use 'Unchi' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Russian русский ru
Дядя
DYA-dya
Use 'Dyadya' to address or refer to your uncle.
Swedish svenska sv
Morbror / Farbror
MOOR-broor / FAHR-broor
Use 'Morbror' for maternal uncle and 'Farbror' for paternal uncle.
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Swahili Kiswahili sw
Mjomba
Mm-JOH-bah
Use 'Mjomba' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Tamil தமிழ் ta
மாமா / சித்தப்பா
MAA-maa / CHITH-thah-paa
Use 'Maamaa' for maternal uncle and 'Chiththappaa' for paternal uncle.
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Telugu తెలుగు te
మామ / బాబాయి
MAA-ma / BAA-ba-yi
Use 'Maama' for maternal uncle and 'Baabaayi' for paternal uncle.
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Thai ไทย th
ลุง / น้า
Loong / Naa
Use 'Lung' for older paternal uncle and 'Naa' for older maternal uncle.
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Filipino Filipino tl
Tiyo
TEE-yo
Use 'Tiyo' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Turkish Türkçe tr
Amca
Ahm-JAH
Use 'Amca' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Ukrainian українська uk
Дядько
DYAHD-koh
Use 'Dyad'ko' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Urdu اردو ur
چچا / ماموں
CHAH-chah / MAH-moo
Use 'Chacha' for paternal uncle and 'Mamu' for maternal uncle.
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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi
Chú / Cậu
Choo / Kow
Use 'Chú' for paternal uncle and 'Cậu' for maternal uncle.
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Yoruba Yoruba yo
Bàbá àgbà
BAA-baa AH-gba
Use 'Bàbá àgbà' to address or refer to your uncle.
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Chinese 中文 zh
叔叔 / 舅舅
SHOO-shoo / JYO-jyo
Use 'Shūshu' for paternal uncle and 'Jiùjiu' for maternal uncle.
zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue
叔叔 / 舅父
Sook sook / Kao foo
Use 'Suk1 suk1' for paternal uncle and 'Kau5 fu6' for maternal uncle.
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Zulu Zulu zu
Malume
Mah-LOO-meh
Use 'Malume' to address or refer to your uncle.
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