avuncular

1. 1.

   resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
2. 2.

   being or relating to an uncle

Questions about avuncular

What does avuncular mean?

avuncular means "resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in avuncular?

avuncular has 4 syllables: a-vun-cu-lar. The stress falls on "vun". In IPA it is /əˈvʌŋkjəlɚ/.

Is avuncular a common word?

avuncular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.