auncle
/ˈɑŋ.kəl/
auncle noun: used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
Noun
auncle (plural auncles)
- Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
- By cross-cousin marriage, the parents-in-law are auncles (mother’s brother, father’s sister), but since we appear to have a Lukian term nere for parents-in-law but another, tuhe, for auncles, the Lukian relationship terms do not seem to be based upon a cross-cousin system.1957, Die Welt des Orients, volume 2, page 495
- And if we are considering all logical possibilities (or anyway all that we can manage to think up), and then assigning equal initial a priori probabilities to each, then should we not divide those having siblings with a child into uncles, aunts, auncles′, auncles″, auncles‴,…, etc., ad infinitum...1974, Mind, page 221
Synonyms of auncle
Forms of auncle
| plural | auncles |
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Origin of auncle
Blend of aunt + uncle.
Questions about auncle
- What does auncle mean?
- Auncle means used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
- What part of speech is auncle?
- Auncle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce auncle?
- Auncle is pronounced /ˈɑŋ.kəl/.
- What is the plural of auncle?
- The plural of auncle is auncles.
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