avunculaire
French, adjective/a.vɔ̃.ky.lɛʁ/
avunculaire is spelled A-V-U-N-C-U-L-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avunculaire is a French adjective meaning “uncle; avuncular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à un oncle ou à une tante (parfois y compris par alliance)”.
What does avunculaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncle; avuncular
- 2
aunt; materteral
- 3
avunculate (pertaining to a society where the avunculate is of central importance)
une société avunculaire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à un oncle ou à une tante (parfois y compris par alliance). 2. Relatif à un oncle. 3. Relatif à un oncle maternel 4. Relatif à une tante.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avunculaire
- avunculaires plural
- avonculaire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avunculaire?
- /a.vɔ̃.ky.lɛʁ/
- \a.vɔ̃.ky.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avunculaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avunculaire in French?
avunculaire appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).