avuncular

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• ə-vŭng′kyə-lər
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• UK: /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/
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• US: /əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/
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From Medieval Latin avunculāris, from Classical Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) + -āris (“-ar”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: чичов (čičov) — in the manner of an uncle
• Bulgarian: вуйчов (vujčov) — in the manner of an uncle
• Catalan: avuncular — in the manner of an uncle
• Czech: strýčkovský — in the manner of an uncle
• Czech: strýcovský — in the manner of an uncle
• Danish: onkelaktig — in the manner of an uncle
• Danish: faderlig — in the manner of an uncle
• Dutch: vaderlijk — in the manner of an uncle
• Esperanto: onkla — in the manner of an uncle
• Esperanto: onklina — in the manner of an uncle
• Estonian: onulik — in the manner of an uncle
• Estonian: onu- — in the manner of an uncle
• French: avunculaire — in the manner of an uncle
• German: onkelhaft — in the manner of an uncle
• German: großväterlich — in the manner of an uncle
• German: väterlich — in the manner of an uncle
• Italian: avuncolare — in the manner of an uncle
• Norwegian Bokmål: onkelaktig — in the manner of an uncle
• Norwegian Bokmål: faderlig — in the manner of an uncle
• Polish: wujeczny — in the manner of an uncle
• Portuguese: avuncular — in the manner of an uncle
• Russian: дя́дин (djádin) — in the manner of an uncle
• Serbo-Croatian: avunkularni — in the manner of an uncle
• Serbo-Croatian: ujački — in the manner of an uncle
• Spanish: avuncular — in the manner of an uncle
• Swedish: farbroderlig — in the manner of an uncle
• Tibetan: ཞང་པོའི (zhang po'i) — in the manner of an uncle
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཞང་གི (a zhang gi) — in the manner of an uncle
• Tibetan: ཞང་ཉེའི (zhang nye'i) — in the manner of an uncle
• Turkish: amcavari — in the manner of an uncle
• Turkish: emmice — in the manner of an uncle
• Turkish: amcacıl — in the manner of an uncle
• Bulgarian: благ (blag) — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Bulgarian: добродушен (dobrodušen) — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Danish: venlig — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Danish: godhjertet — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Dutch: vriendelijk — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Dutch: welwillend — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Dutch: verdraagzaam — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• French: gentil — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• German: wohlwollend — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Irish: muinteartha — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Norwegian Bokmål: vennlig — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Norwegian Bokmål: fordragelig — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Polish: dobroduszny — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Polish: ojcowski — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Russian: доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj) — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrodušan — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant
• Turkish: babacan — kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant