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great-uncle

great-un·cle
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [greyt uhng-kuh l]
    • /greɪt ˈʌŋ kəl/
    • /ɡreɪt ˈʌŋkl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [greyt uhng-kuh l]
    • /greɪt ˈʌŋ kəl/

Definitions of great-uncle word

  • noun great-uncle a granduncle. 1
  • noun great-uncle brother of one's grandparent 1
  • noun great-uncle an uncle of one's father or mother; brother of one's grandfather or grandmother 0
  • noun great-uncle a brother of any of one's grandparents; granduncle 0
  • noun great-uncle An uncle of one's parent. 0
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Parts of speech for Great-uncle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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great-uncle popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Related words

  • granduncle

    an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
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