Plural of uncle
regular plural
The plural of uncle is uncles.
Forms of uncle
| Singular | uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | uncles |
| Countable | countable |
Uncles in a sentence
- Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.From the entry collateral
- Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.From the entry parental
- Does that mean we should blame our kopi aunties and uncles for the haze?2013 July 3, Terry Xu, “One Kopi, No Haze Please”, in The Online Citizen, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016. From the entry kopi auntie
- Well, yes, but they're also human beings, fathers, sons, brothers, cousins, uncles and friends.2011 September 2, Michael Hurley, “Deaths of Wade Belak, NHL Enforcers Leave NHL, NHLPA Left With Problem That's Impossible to Fix”, in NESN. From the entry skate one's lane
- The news of an inter-caste marriage would upset Komal's maternal uncles, her mother reasoned, and she feared their wrath.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 275. From the entry intercaste
Meaning of uncle
- noun The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- noun The male cousin of one’s parent.
- noun Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
Questions about the plural of uncle
- What is the plural of uncle?
- The plural of uncle is uncles.
- Is uncle countable?
- Uncle is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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