oncle

Catalan

Alternative forms

• onclo

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

See also

• tio

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French

Etymology

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”)).

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.

Related terms

• avunculaire

Further reading

• “oncle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• clone, cloné, leçon

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Middle French

Etymology

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

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

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Occitan

Etymology

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

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

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Old French

Alternative forms

• uncle (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

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

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

1. uncle

Descendants

• English: uncle
• French: oncle
• Norman: aonclle (Guernsey), oncl'ye (Jersey)