Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to uncle
Participle: uncled
Gerund: uncling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | uncle |
| you | uncle |
| he;she;it | uncles |
| we | uncle |
| you | uncle |
| they | uncle |
Perfect
| I | have uncled |
| you | have uncled |
| he;she;it | has uncled |
| we | have uncled |
| you | have uncled |
| they | have uncled |
Past
| I | uncled |
| you | uncled |
| he;she;it | uncled |
| we | uncled |
| you | uncled |
| they | uncled |
Pluperfect
| I | had uncled |
| you | had uncled |
| he;she;it | had uncled |
| we | had uncled |
| you | had uncled |
| they | had uncled |
Future
| I | will uncle |
| you | will uncle |
| he;she;it | will uncle |
| we | will uncle |
| you | will uncle |
| they | will uncle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have uncled |
| you | will have uncled |
| he;she;it | will have uncled |
| we | will have uncled |
| you | will have uncled |
| they | will have uncled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | uncle |
| you | uncle |
| he;she;it | uncle |
| we | uncle |
| you | uncle |
| they | uncle |
Perfect
| I | have uncled |
| you | have uncled |
| he;she;it | have uncled |
| we | have uncled |
| you | have uncled |
| they | have uncled |
Imperfect
| I | uncled |
| you | uncled |
| he;she;it | uncled |
| we | uncled |
| you | uncled |
| they | uncled |
Pluperfect
| I | had uncled |
| you | had uncled |
| he;she;it | had uncled |
| we | had uncled |
| you | had uncled |
| they | had uncled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would uncle |
| you | would uncle |
| he;she;it | would uncle |
| we | would uncle |
| you | would uncle |
| they | would uncle |
Perfect
| I | would have uncled |
| you | would have uncled |
| he;she;it | would have uncled |
| we | would have uncled |
| you | would have uncled |
| they | would have uncled |
Imperative
| you | uncle |
| we | Let's uncle |
| you | uncle |
Verbs conjugated like 'uncle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'uncle'
nuncle,
unclew,
unclue,
anele,
angle,
ankle,
bundle,
bungle,
cycle,
engle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
3. Latin avunculus
4. Old French unclebor.
5. Middle English uncle
6. English uncle
7. From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
Sample Sentences
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Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford [1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:]