oncle

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo, diminutive of *h₂ewh₂-n-, enlargement of *h₂ewh₂o-.

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Noun[edit]

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French oncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, from Latin avunculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo, diminutive of *h₂ewh₂-n-, enlargement of *h₂ewh₂o-, from *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”) (whence French aïeul (“grandfather”)).

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Noun[edit]

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle
    Mon père et mon oncle sont jumeaux.
    My father and my uncle are twins.

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo, diminutive of *h₂ewh₂-n-, enlargement of *h₂ewh₂o-, from *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”) (whence French aïeul (“grandfather”)).

Noun[edit]

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, from Latin avunculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo, diminutive of *h₂ewh₂-n-, enlargement of *h₂ewh₂o-.

Noun[edit]

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus, avunculum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (“little grandfather”), diminutive of *h₂ewh₂-n-, enlargement of *h₂ewh₂o-, from *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”) (whence French aïeul (“grandfather”)).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. uncle

Descendants[edit]

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