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uncle

['ʌŋkl] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. дядя
2. пожилой человек; дядя, дядюшка (особенно в обращении)
3. разг.
  1. ростовщик
  2. скупщик краденого
4. амер.; разг. федеральный агент (обычно занимающийся проблемой наркомании)
5. ведущий детских радио- и телепередач
гл.
обращаться (к кому-л.) как к дяде; называть (кого-л.) дядей

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

uncle

дядя ж

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"Nay, my uncle," I answered, "I am overwhelmed indeed, but not of the problem; it was a light one.
– Нет, милый дядя, – отвечал я, – задачу я как раз решил, она оказалась совсем не трудной, но ты прав: я в самом деле опечален.
Haggard, Henry Rider / CleopatraХаггард, Генри Райдер / Клеопатра
Клеопатра
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© ООО "РИЦ Литература", состав, 2006
© ООО "Торговый дом "Издательство Мир книги", 2006
Cleopatra
Haggard, Henry Rider
© 2010 by Indo-European Publishing

Oh, didn't I kiss your uncle Pascal when he brought you here to recruit your health!'
Как я целовала твоего дядю Паскаля, когда он привез тебя сюда на поправку!
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

When she was able to go back to the event, however, she discovered that she had actually overheard her mother telling someone else about how she (the woman's mother) had been sexually abused as a child by her uncle.
Однако, когда пациентка смогла вернуться к этому событию, она обнаружила, что на самом деле нечаянно подслушала: мать рассказывала кому-то о том, как ее (мать этой женщины) изнасиловал ее дядя, когда та была ребенком.
Dilts, Robert / Strategies of Genius. Volume 3. Sigmund Freud, Leonardo da Vinci, Nicola TeslaДилтс, Роберт / Стратегии гениев. Том 3. Зигмунд Фрейд, Леонардо да Винчи, Никола Тесла
Стратегии гениев. Том 3. Зигмунд Фрейд, Леонардо да Винчи, Никола Тесла
Дилтс, Роберт
© 1995 Robert B. Dilts
© 1995 Meta Publications
© 1998 Независимая фирма “Класс”, издание, оформление
© 1998 Е.Н. Дружинина, перевод на русский язык
Strategies of Genius. Volume 3. Sigmund Freud, Leonardo da Vinci, Nicola Tesla
Dilts, Robert
© Copyright 1995 by Meta Publications

I want you to meet my uncle and aunt. They're nice people all right.
Я познакомлю вас с дядей и теткой, - очень славные люди.
Dreiser, Theodore / An American TragedyДрайзер, Теодор / Американская трагедия
Американская трагедия
Драйзер, Теодор
© Вершинина З., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Галь Н., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО «Издательство «Эксмо». 2010
An American Tragedy
Dreiser, Theodore
© Horace Liveright, Inc., 1925
© Helen Dreiser, 1953
© Theodore Dreiser, 1926

Alfred looks up for a while at his uncle in the white trousers, and then instantly proposes that Clive should make him some drawings; and is on his knees at the next moment.
Элфред взглянул мельком на своего дядюшку в белых брюках и тут же обратился к Клайву с просьбой нарисовать ему что-нибудь, а еще через минуту уже сидел у него на коленях.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The NewcomesТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ньюкомы
Ньюкомы
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Newcomes
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 1898, by Harper & Brothers

Of a winter's evening my uncle used to show us some of the moves swordsmen make.
В память об одном зимнем вечере, когда дядя показывал нам несколько приемов, которые используют меченосцы.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionСэнсом, Кристофер Джон / Горбун лорда Кромвеля
Горбун лорда Кромвеля
Сэнсом, Кристофер Джон
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003

I kept silent, not knowing whether he meant the dead uncle or the live nephew.
Я промолчал, не зная, кого он имеет в виду — мертвого дядю или живого племянника.
Greene, Henry Graham / The ComediansГрин, Генри Грэм / Комедианты
Комедианты
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Издательство "ЛЕНИЗДАТ", 1985
The Comedians
Greene, Henry Graham
© Graham Greene, 1965, 1966

I was no doubt moved by something of the same spirit of lavish expenditure that was running away with my uncle in these developments.
Без сомнения, тут я был движим чем-то вроде того духа расточительства, который всецело завладел моим дядюшкой.
Wells, Herbert George / Tono-BungayУэллс, Герберт / Тоно Бенге
Тоно Бенге
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Tono-Bungay
Wells, Herbert George
© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells

They could not arrest him for taking it, but he would not again be able to patronize genially the black Mac, who was now his uncle and his superior.
Арестовать его за это не арестуют, но никогда уже он не сможет дарить своей благосклонностью черного Мака, который оказался теперь чем-то вроде его старшего родича.
Lewis, Sinclair / Kingsblood RoyalЛьюис, Синклер / Кингсблад, потомок королей
Кингсблад, потомок королей
Льюис, Синклер
© "ЛЕНИЗДАТ", 1960
Kingsblood Royal
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2001 Random House, Inc.

"Because you wouldn't have believed him either," his uncle said coming in from the hall.
- Да потому что вы не поверили бы ему, - сказал дядя, входя из холла.
Faulkner, William / Intruder in the DustФолкнер, Уильям / Осквернитель праха
Осквернитель праха
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1986
Intruder in the Dust
Faulkner, William
© 1948 by Random House, Inc.
© renewed 1975 by Jill Faulkner Summers

Oh, in our family it's nothing new; my uncle, my grandfather, too, tilled the soil with their own hands.
О, в нашем роде это - не новость: брат моего отца пахал собственноручно, дед тоже.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

My reason is, because I would ask some herald here, whether I should choose that coat, or one in Guillim's large folio of heraldry, where my uncle Godwin is named with another coat of arms of three stags.
Видите ли, мне хотелось бы узнать в геральдической палате, какой герб я должен выбрать: этот или тот, что изображен в большом геральдическом фолио Гиллима, где мой дядя Годвин упоминается с другим гербом, на котором изображены три оленя.
Swift, Jonathan / Journal to StellaСвифт, Джонатан / Письма к Стелле
Письма к Стелле
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Наука", 1981
Journal to Stella
Swift, Jonathan
© BiblioLife, LLC

'My uncle says that priests have neither wife, nor sister, nor mother.
– Да, дядя говорит, что для священника не существует ни жены, ни сестры, ни матери.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

He turned to his uncle, saying in the mild rational almost diffident voice: "It's say around eleven o'clock at night.
- Он повернулся к дяде и продолжал мягким, рассудительным и не совсем уверенным тоном: - Так вот, скажем, время - ну, что-нибудь около одиннадцати вечера.
Faulkner, William / Intruder in the DustФолкнер, Уильям / Осквернитель праха
Осквернитель праха
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1986
Intruder in the Dust
Faulkner, William
© 1948 by Random House, Inc.
© renewed 1975 by Jill Faulkner Summers

Well, I'd like to meet your uncle, Pearce.
Я бы хотел познакомиться с твоим дядей, Пирс.
Waters, Sarah / The Night WatchУотерс, Сара / Ночной дозор
Ночной дозор
Уотерс, Сара
© 2006 by Sarah Waters
© А. Сафронов, перевод с английского, 2008
© Издание на русском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Night Watch
Waters, Sarah
© 2006 by Sarah Waters

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'ʌŋklNounдядяExamples

at my uncle's — у моего дяди
maternal uncle — дядя по матери, по линии матери
paternal uncle — дядя по отцу, по линии отца
uncle by marriage — дядя жены или мужа
to inherit a fortune from an uncle — получить наследство от дяди

User translations

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1.
дядя.
translation added by Единорожка Мультаторовна
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2.
дядя
translation added by Денис Наталич
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Collocations

agony uncle

ведущий рубрики "Agony column"

agony uncle

журналист-" психотерапевт"

heavy uncle

строгий дядюшка

heavy uncle

суровый

talk like a Dutch uncle

журить

talk like a Dutch uncle

отечески наставлять

cry uncle

пасовать

maternal uncle

дядя с материнской стороны

Uncle Sam

"дядя Сэм"

Uncle target

район сосредоточения огня артиллерии дивизии

Word forms

uncle

verb

Basic forms
Past	uncled
Imperative	uncle
Present Participle (Participle I)	uncling
Past Participle (Participle II)	uncled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I uncle	we uncle
you uncle	you uncle
he/she/it uncles	they uncle

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am uncling	we are uncling
you are uncling	you are uncling
he/she/it is uncling	they are uncling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have uncled	we have uncled
you have uncled	you have uncled
he/she/it has uncled	they have uncled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been uncling	we have been uncling
you have been uncling	you have been uncling
he/she/it has been uncling	they have been uncling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I uncled	we uncled
you uncled	you uncled
he/she/it uncled	they uncled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was uncling	we were uncling
you were uncling	you were uncling
he/she/it was uncling	they were uncling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had uncled	we had uncled
you had uncled	you had uncled
he/she/it had uncled	they had uncled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been uncling	we had been uncling
you had been uncling	you had been uncling
he/she/it had been uncling	they had been uncling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will uncle	we shall/will uncle
you will uncle	you will uncle
he/she/it will uncle	they will uncle

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be uncling	we shall/will be uncling
you will be uncling	you will be uncling
he/she/it will be uncling	they will be uncling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have uncled	we shall/will have uncled
you will have uncled	you will have uncled
he/she/it will have uncled	they will have uncled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been uncling	we shall/will have been uncling
you will have been uncling	you will have been uncling
he/she/it will have been uncling	they will have been uncling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would uncle	we should/would uncle
you would uncle	you would uncle
he/she/it would uncle	they would uncle

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be uncling	we should/would be uncling
you would be uncling	you would be uncling
he/she/it would be uncling	they would be uncling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have uncled	we should/would have uncled
you would have uncled	you would have uncled
he/she/it would have uncled	they would have uncled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been uncling	we should/would have been uncling
you would have been uncling	you would have been uncling
he/she/it would have been uncling	they would have been uncling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am uncled	we are uncled
you are uncled	you are uncled
he/she/it is uncled	they are uncled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being uncled	we are being uncled
you are being uncled	you are being uncled
he/she/it is being uncled	they are being uncled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been uncled	we have been uncled
you have been uncled	you have been uncled
he/she/it has been uncled	they have been uncled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was uncled	we were uncled
you were uncled	you were uncled
he/she/it was uncled	they were uncled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being uncled	we were being uncled
you were being uncled	you were being uncled
he/she/it was being uncled	they were being uncled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been uncled	we had been uncled
you had been uncled	you had been uncled
he/she/it had been uncled	they had been uncled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be uncled	we shall/will be uncled
you will be uncled	you will be uncled
he/she/it will be uncled	they will be uncled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been uncled	we shall/will have been uncled
you will have been uncled	you will have been uncled
he/she/it will have been uncled	they will have been uncled

uncle

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	uncle	uncles
Possessive case	uncle's	uncles'

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