oncle

Catalan

Alternative forms

• onclo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aunclus, from Latin avunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈoŋ.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈoŋ.kle]

• Audio

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Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Derived terms

• oncle valencià

Related terms

• conco

See also

• tio

References

• “oncle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oncle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “oncle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oncle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French oncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃kl/

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• Homophone: oncles

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

   Mon père et mon oncle sont jumeaux.

   My father and my uncle are twins.

Derived terms

• Oncle Sam
• si ma tante en avait, on l’appellerait mon oncle

Related terms

• avunculaire

Descendants

• → German: Onkel
  • → Danish: onkel
  • → Latvian: onkulis
• → Dutch: nonkel
• → Esperanto: onklo
  • → Ido: onklo
• → Norwegian Bokmål: onkel
• → Norwegian:

  Bokmål: onkel

  Nynorsk: onkel

• → Yiddish: אָנקל (onkl)

Further reading

• “oncle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• clone, cloné, leçon

Interlingua

Noun

oncle (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Middle English

Noun

oncle

1. Alternative form of uncle

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Descendants

• French: oncle (see there for further descendants)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Old French

Alternative forms

• uncle (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus.

Noun

oncle oblique singular, m (oblique plural oncles, nominative singular oncles, nominative plural oncle)

1. uncle

Descendants

• Middle French: oncle
  • French: oncle (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: uncle
  • English: uncle (see there for further descendants)