oncle

Alternative forms

• onclo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

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, 2025.
• “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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French oncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• clone, cloné, leçon

Noun

oncle (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Noun

oncle

1. Alternative form of uncle

Etymology

From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus.

Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin aunclum, from Latin avunculus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

oncle m (plural oncles)

1. uncle

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