avuncular

English - Turkish

Definition of avuncular in English Turkish dictionary

babacan

{s} amca gibi

{s} amca

amca veya dayı gibi veya onlara mensup

{s} amca ile ilgili

büyüklere özgü

Related Terms

avuncularly

amca ile ilgili olarak

English - English

Definition of avuncular in English English dictionary

Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant

A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.

In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle

Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.

An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger. He began to talk in his most gentle and avuncular manner. behaving in a kind and nice way to someone who is younger, rather like an uncle (avunculus; UNCLE)

kind, genial, benevolent and tolerant

{s} like or resembling an uncle

like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular concern"

In the manner of an uncle

like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular concern" being or relating to an uncle

Of or pertaining to an uncle

being or relating to an uncle

Related Terms

avuncular relation

related family member who is an uncle or like an uncle

Hyphenation

a·vun·cu·lar

Turkish pronunciation

ıvʌngkyılır

Antonyms

materteral

Pronunciation

/əˈvəɴɢkyələr/ /əˈvʌŋkjəlɜr/

Etymology

[ &-'v&[ng]-ky&-l&am ] (adjective.) 1831. From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”).