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- Grand-oncle - translation French to English
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Translate Files Great uncle (fr. Grand-oncle)
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Au moment de sa naissance, son grand oncle de Frédéric le Grand, était sur le trône de Prusse.
At the time of her birth, her childless granduncle Frederick the Great was on the throne of Prussia.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402 Il appartenait à une famille riche et son grand-oncle était un prêteur d’argent en Irlande.
He was from a wealthy family and his great-uncle was a money-lender in Ireland.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402 De plus, j'ai aussi un arrière-grand-oncle qui s'appelait Baptiste Tourond, qui était membre du gouvernement provisoire de Riel au Manitoba.
Furthermore, I also had a great, a great uncle who was named Baptiste Tourond, who was a member of Riel's provisional government in Manitoba.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Marisa - Je n’aime pas le nom de grand-oncle.
Marisa - I do not like the name great-uncle.
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1 C'est là que repose son grand-oncle, James Teskey, et littéralement des milliers de jeunes hommes comme lui.
It's the last resting place for her great uncle, James Teskey, and literally thousands of young men like him.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Elle entretient un lien personnel avec l'histoire relatée dans Arpents de rêves: le grand-oncle de son père était un homesteader de l'Alberta venu de Pologne au tournant du siècle dernier.
She has a personal connection to the story told in Acres of Dreams: her father's great uncle was a homesteader who came to Alberta from Poland at the turn of the last century.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Il était le grand-oncle du leader nationaliste irlandais Charles Stewart Parnell.
He was the great-uncle of Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402 Synonyms
- oncle éloigné
- tonton