nonkel

uncle (brother of someone’s father or mother)

Etymology

Borrowed from French: oncle

In summary

From French oncle, with a prothetic n- via metanalysis, from den onkel and other pronominal and adjectival forms with masculine -en in spoken Flemish.

Concepts

uncle

maternal uncle

paternal uncle

nuncle

unky

unc

Synonyms

oom

oompje

ome

Translations

θείος

wujek

zio

tío

Onkel

wuj

tio

Oheim

tonton

avunculus

oncle

dayı

stryj

patruus

خاڵ

Sentences

Iedere zomer logeert hij een maand op de camping van zijn nonkel .

Every summer, he stays at his uncle's campsite for a month.