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oncle

oncle

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • onclo

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle

See also


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/
  • Homophone: oncles

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

  1. uncle

Anagrams


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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal [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

Old French

Alternative forms

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