oncle
Catalan
Alternative forms
- onclo
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈoŋ.klə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈoŋ.kle/
Audio (file)
Noun
oncle m (plural oncles)
- 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, 2023
- “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
From Middle French oncle, from Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃kl/
Audio (file) - Homophone: oncles
Noun
oncle m (plural oncles)
- 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)
- uncle
Middle English
Noun
oncle
- Alternative form of uncle
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.
Noun
oncle m (plural oncles)
- 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 (file)
Noun
oncle m (plural oncles)
- uncle
Old French
Alternative forms
- uncle (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus.
Noun
oncle m (oblique plural oncles, nominative singular oncles, nominative plural oncle)
- uncle
Descendants
- Middle French: oncle
- French: oncle (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: uncle
- English: uncle (see there for further descendants)