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-.
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/
Audio (file) - Homophone: oncles
Noun
oncle m (plural oncles)
- uncle
- Mon père et mon oncle sont jumeaux.
- My father and my uncle are twins.
Related terms
Further reading
- “oncle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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”)).
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-.
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”)).