how to pronounce uncles

/ˈʌŋkəlz/

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uncles is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of uncles in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… uncle and they they uncles they really …”

meanings of uncles

noun:

Plural of uncle.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uncle.

uncles frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word uncles occurs in english on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics uncles can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that uncles can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;