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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [uhng-kuh l]
- /ˈʌŋ kəl/
- /ˈʌŋkl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhng-kuh l]
- /ˈʌŋ kəl/
Definitions of uncle word
- noun uncle a brother of one's father or mother. 1
- noun uncle an aunt's husband. 1
- noun uncle a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man. 1
- noun uncle Slang. a pawnbroker. 1
- noun uncle (initial capital letter) Informal. Uncle Sam. 1
- noun uncle a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter U. 1
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Origin of uncle
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Anglo-French uncle, Old French oncle < Latin avunculus mother's brother, equivalent to av(us) mother's father + -unculus suffix extracted from diminutives of n-stems (see homunculus)
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Parts of speech for Uncle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uncle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
uncle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uncle
noun uncle
- aunt — Someone's aunt is the sister of their mother or father, or the wife of their uncle.
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
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