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Definition: Avuncular |
AvuncularAdjective1. Being or relating to an uncle. 2. Like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular concern". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "avuncular" was first used: 1831. (references) |
Etymology: Avuncular \A*vun"cu*lar\, adjective. [Latin expression avunculus uncle.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Avuncular |
| Non-English Usage: "Avuncular" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (avuncular). |
| "Avuncular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Avuncular" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
avuncular | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "avuncular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i xhaxhait. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عمي أو خالي, عمي, خالي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чичов, вуйчов, благ (benign, benignant, charitable, dovelike, gentle, good tempered, gracious, kindly, mild, suave, sweet), доброжелателен (benevolent, well-wishing), добродушен (easygoing, good hearted, good humoured, good natured, good tempered, good-humored, jovial, kind, mellow, pickwickian, placable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 母舅. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مانندداءی , مرتهن یاگروگیر, مربوطبداءی , طرف (End, Face, Half, Hand, Opponent, Party, Side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avunculaire, d'oncle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | onkelhaft. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θειού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | atyáskodóan, öreguras. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | di zio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avuncularay avuncular, relativo a tio. (various references) дядин. (various references) ujački. (various references) de tío, de buen corazón (good hearted, kind hearted, warm-hearted). (various references) farbroderlig (benevolent). (various references) amca ile ilgili, amca gibi, amca (paternal uncle, uncle). (various references) лихварський (usurious), дядьків. (various references) như cậu, như bác. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | avunculus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "avuncular": avuncularities, avuncularity, avuncularly. (additional references) | |
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"Avuncular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avuncolar, avuncula, avunculaar, avuncularity, avunculer, avuncullar, avunucular, evuncular, Navicula, navicular. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "avuncular" (pronounced uvu"ngkyuler) |
| 5 | -k y u l er | binocular, cardiovascular, circular, curricular, extracurricular, gastrovascular, intermolecular, jocular, molecular, muscular, particular, perpendicular, secular, semicircular, spectacular, testicular, unspectacular, vascular, vehicular, vernacular. |
| 4 | -y u l er | angular, annular, cellular, equiangular, globular, granular, intercellular, irregular, jugular, popular, rectangular, regular, singular, triangular, tubular, unicellular, unpopular. |
| 3 | -u l er | abler, alveolar, bachelor, Buckler, Candler, chancellor, consular, councilor, counsellor, counselor, dangler, dissimilar, embezzler, enabler, fiddler, Girdler, glandular, gobbler, hackler, humbler, hurdler, hustler, Idler, insular, jeweler, juggler, kindler, kittler, Littler, modular, needler, nestler, nodular, peninsular, rattler, reveler, saddler, settler, shuffler, Sidler, similar, simpler, Spindler, Stabler, stapler, stickler, subtler, swindler, tingler, Tinkler, titular, traveler, traveller, wrangler, wrestler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-n-r-u-u-v" | |
-2 letters: lacunar. | |
-3 letters: anural, canula, carnal, lacuna, ranula, uncurl, uvular. | |
-4 letters: arval, aural, canal, craal, larva, lauan, laura, lunar, naval, navar, ruana, ulnar, uvula, vacua, varna. | |
-5 letters: alan, alar, anal, aura, carl, carn, caul, clan, curl, curn, lava, luau, luna, narc, nurl, ulan, ulna, ulva, unau, vara. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-n-r-u-u-v" | |
+2 letters: avuncularly. | |
+3 letters: avuncularity. | |
+5 letters: avuncularities. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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