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auncles

auncles is the plural of auncle.

Meaning of auncle

Noun

auncle (plural auncles)

  1. (rare) 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
    Synonyms:
    pibling, parsib

Questions about auncles

What is auncles the plural of?
Auncles is the plural of auncle.

Words near auncles in the dictionary

  1. auncient
  2. aunciently
  3. auncientnesse
  4. auncientry
  5. auncle
  6. auncles
  7. Aundanao
  8. aune
  9. aunes
  10. Aung
  11. Aunglan

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