Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great-uncle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
great-un-cle
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).

Etymology

From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

great-uncles (plural) great uncle (alternative) greatuncle (alternative)

Synonyms

granduncle gruncle

Antonyms

great-aunt great-nephew great-niece

Questions

What does great-uncle mean?
An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
Where does great-uncle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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