avunculat
French, noun/a.vɔ̃.ky.la/
avunculat is spelled A-V-U-N-C-U-L-A-T (9 letters). Avunculat is a French masculine noun meaning “avunculate: society where the maternal uncle is more important than the father” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de société où le rôle de l'oncle maternel est plus important que celui du père”.
What does avunculat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineavunculate: society where the maternal uncle is more important than the father
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de société où le rôle de l'oncle maternel est plus important que celui du père.
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 avunculat
- avunculats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avunculat?
- /a.vɔ̃.ky.la/
- \a.vœ̃.ky.la\
- [a.vœ̃.ky.la]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.