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Alternative forms

• onclo

Noun

oncle m ‎(plural oncles)

1. uncle

See also

• tio

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

• clone, cloné, leçon

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

• 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)