oncle
French, noun/ɔ̃kl/
oncle is spelled O-N-C-L-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oncle is a French masculine noun meaning “uncle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Frère ou beau-frère de l’un des parents”.
What does oncle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineuncle
Mon père et mon oncle sont jumeaux.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Frère ou beau-frère de l’un des parents. 2. Conjoint masculin d’un membre de la fratrie d'un des parents (d’une tante ou d’un oncle). 3. En Russie, nom donné par les enfants aux hommes adultes. 4. Usurier.
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 oncle
- oncles plural
- tante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oncle?
- /ɔ̃kl/
- \ɔ̃kl\
- [œ̃.n‿ɔ̃kl̪̥]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oncle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oncle in French?
oncle appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).