noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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änt
/ɑːnt/
rhymes with -ɑːnt
homophone: aren't (some non-rhotic accents)
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
ănt
/ænt/
rhymes with -ænt
homophone: ant
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland:/ant/
Scotland:[änt]
New-England:ônt
New-England:/ɔnt/
rhymes with -ɔːnt
ŭntAfrican-American Vernacular
/ʌnt/African-American Vernacular
rhymes with -ʌnt
Southern-US:ānt
Southern-US:/eɪnt/
rhymes with -eɪnt
homophone: ain't
CMU ARPABET:AE1 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AO1 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: endearing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any elderly woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A procuress or bawd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: auntie, aunty
Antonyms: uncle
Broader terms: kinswoman
Narrower terms: great-aunt, grandaunt, maiden aunt
History
Etymology
From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“father's sister”). Displaced native Middle English modrie (“aunt”) (from Old English mōdriġe (“maternal aunt”); compare Old English faþu, faþe (“paternal aunt”)). Notes on pronunciation and spelling The digraph ⟨au⟩ representing /æ ~ ɑː/ (rather than /ɔː/) is irregular. It likely reflects a development of Middle English /au̯/ to [aː~æː] before /m n/ in some varieties of Early Modern English, which later came to be identified with either /æ/ or [æː] from pre-fricative lengthening (in the latter case, creating a phoneme /æː/; this is the basis of the bath lexical set). Such pronunciations historically competed with more learned ones where /au̯/ underwent its normal development to /ɔː/, with the standard language eventually adopting /æ ~ ɑː/ in words that came to be spelt with ⟨a⟩ and /ɔː/ in those which came to be spelt with ⟨au⟩ except in this word. However, dialects may have /æ/ or /ɑː/ in other words such as launch, especially in the UK. An alternative explanation derives /æ ~ ɑː/ in this word (and other instances of bath before /m n/) from a collateral Middle English form with /a/, which would've undergone lengthening before nasals analogous to that occuring before fricatives. Though such a collateral form may be ancestral to pronunciations with /a ~ æ/ in some varieties, this hypothesis cannot explain why inherited instances of bath before /m n/ only derive from Middle English words which had variants in /au̯m au̯n/.
Across languages
Translations
411 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abinomn:
nyebak
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Afrikaans:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Albanian:
teze
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Albanian:
emtë
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Albanian:
hallë
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Aleut:
tuutkax̂
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Aleut:
quliigix̂
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Southern Altai:
эје
(eǰe)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Alutor:
ыссэ
(əsse)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Amharic:
ኣከስት
(ʾakäst)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Arabic:
عَمَّة
(ʕamma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Arabic:
خَالَة
(ḵāla)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Arabic:
زَوْجةُ العَمّ
(zawjatu l-ʕamm)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Arabic:
زَوْجةُ الخال
(zawjatu l-ḵāl)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܥܲܡܬܵܐ
(ʿamtā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܚܵܠܬܵܐ
(ḥāltā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܥܲܡܵܐ
(baḵt ʿamā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ
(baḵt ḥālā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Armenian:
հորաքույր
(horakʻuyr)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Armenian:
մորաքույր
(morakʻuyr)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Armenian:
քեռակին
(kʻeṙakin)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assamese:
পেহী
(pehi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assamese:
জেঠাই
(zethai)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assamese:
মাহী
(mahi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assamese:
খুৰী
(khuri)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assamese:
বৰমা
(boroma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Asturian:
tía
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Aukan:
tanto
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Aukan:
tiya
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Azerbaijani:
xala
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Azerbaijani:
bibi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bakhtiari:
کچی
(keči)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Basque:
izeba
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Basque:
izeko
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Basque:
ttantta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Belarusian:
цётка
(cjótka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Belarusian:
цёця
(cjócja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
খালা
(khala)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
মৈ
(khala)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
ফুফী
(phuphi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
ফুফু
(phuphi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
চাচী
(caci)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
মামী
(mami)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
মাসী
(maśi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
মাসীমা
(maśima)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
কাকিমা
(kakima)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
কাকি
(kaki)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bengali:
খুড়ি
(khuṛi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bhojpuri:
काकी
(kākī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Breton:
moereb
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Bulgarian:
ле́ля
(lélja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
ဒေါ်ကြီး
(dau-kri:)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
ကြီးတော်
(kri:tau)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
ဒေါ်လေး
(daule:)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
အဒေါ်
(a.dau)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
ထွေးလေး
(htwe:le:)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
ထွေးတော်
(htwe:tau)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Burmese:
အရီး
(a.ri:)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Carpathian Rusyn:
тю́̈тка
(tjú̈tka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Catalan:
tia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chichewa:
bambo wamkazi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chichewa:
mayi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chichewa:
mayi wamkulu
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chichewa:
mayi wamng'ono
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姑
(gū)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姑媽 /姑妈
(gūmā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姑姑
(gūgu)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姑母
(gūmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
伯母
(bómǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
大娘
(dàniáng)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
叔母
(shúmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
嬸母 /婶母
(shěnmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
婶母
(shěnmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
嬸嬸 /婶婶
(shěnshen)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
婶婶
(shěnshen)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姨
(yí)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姨媽 /姨妈
(yímā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
阿姨
(āyí)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
姨母
(yímǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
舅母
(jiùmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
舅媽 /舅妈
(jiùmā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
妗母
(jìnmǔ)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese:
妗子
(jìnzi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
姑媽 /姑妈
(gu1 maa1)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
姑姐
(gu1 ze1)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
伯娘
(baak3 noeng4)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
阿嬸 /阿婶
(aa3 sam2)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
姨媽 /姨妈
(ji4 maa1)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
阿姨
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinese Cantonese:
舅母
(kau5 mou5)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinook Jargon:
kwalh
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Chinook Jargon:
khwaɬ
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Cornish:
modrep
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Czech:
teta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Danish:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Danish:
faster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Danish:
moster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Central Dusun:
inai
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Dutch:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Esperanto:
onklino
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Estonian:
tädi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
tasi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
te
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
dagã
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
nɔgã
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
daɖia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ewe:
nɔɖi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Faroese:
fastir
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Faroese:
mostir
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Finnish:
täti
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
French:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
French:
tatie
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
French:
matante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Old French:
ante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Old French:
aunte
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Saterland Frisian:
Möie
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
West-Frisian:
muoike
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Friulian:
agne
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Galician:
tía
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Georgian:
დეიდა
(deida)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Georgian:
მამიდა
(mamida)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
German:
Tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Greek:
θεία
(theía)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ancient Greek:
θεία
(theía)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ancient Greek:
τηθίς
(tēthís)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Greenlandic:
aja
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Greenlandic:
atsa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Gunwinggu:
berluh
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Gunwinggu:
karrang
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Gunwinggu:
morlah
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hamer-Banna:
aaká
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hamer-Banna:
indá
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hamer-Banna:
mishá
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hawaiian:
makuahine
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hawaiian:
ʻanakē
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hebrew:
דּוֹדָה
(dóda)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hindi:
बूआ
(būā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hindi:
मौसी
(mausī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hindi:
चाची
(cācī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hindi:
ताई
(tāī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hindi:
मामी
(māmī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Hungarian:
nagynéni
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Icelandic:
frænka
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ido:
onklino
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Indonesian:
bibi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Indonesian:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ingrian:
täti
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Irish:
aintín
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Istriot:
gnagna
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Italian:
zia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Japanese:
おば
(oba)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Japanese:
叔母
(oba)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Japanese:
伯母
(oba)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
고모
(gomo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
이모
(imo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
큰어멍
(keuneomeong)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
ᄆᆞᆮ삼촌어머니
(mawtsamchoneomeoni)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
족은어멍
(jogeuneomeong)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
셋어멍
(seseomeong)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
말젯어멍
(maljeseomeong)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Jeju:
웨숙모
(wesungmo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kambaata:
lankaama
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kapampangan:
dara
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kashmiri:
پۄپھ
(pọph)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kashmiri:
پیٚچھَنؠ
(pechan')
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kashmiri:
ماس
(mās)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kashmiri:
مامَنؠ
(māman')
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kazakh:
апа
(apa)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kazakh:
апай
(apai)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Khoekhoe:
antis
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Kis:
omoigwa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
고모
(gomo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
이모
(imo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
이모님
(imonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
백모
(baengmo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
백모님
(baengmonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
둘째어머니
(duljjaeeomeoni)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
중모
(jungmo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
큰어머니
(keuneomeoni)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
큰어머님
(keuneomeonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
큰엄마
(keuneomma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
큰어미
(keuneomi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
숙모
(sungmo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
숙모님
(sungmonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
작은어머니
(jageuneomeoni)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
작은어머님
(jageuneomeonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
작은엄마
(jageuneomma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
작은어미
(jageuneomi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
삼촌댁
(samchondaek)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
외숙모
(oesungmo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
외숙모님
(oesungmonim)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
외삼촌댁
(oesamchondaek)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Korean:
구모
(gumo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Krisa:
wini
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Krisa:
moni baʼ
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Krisa:
moni pung
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Central Kurdish:
پوور
(pûr)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Kurdish:
xaltî
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Kurdish:
met
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Southern Kurdish:
میمِگ
(mîmig)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latgalian:
cjoceite
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latin:
amita
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latin:
mātertera
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latin:
thia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latvian:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latvian:
tēva māsa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Latvian:
mātes māsa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Lithuanian:
teta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Luhya:
senge
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Luxembourgish:
Tatta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Macedonian:
тетка
(tetka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Brunei Malay:
babu
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
امق ساودارا
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
مق چيق
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
تنتى
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
emak saudara
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
mak cik
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malay:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malayalam:
അമ്മായി
(ammāyi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malayalam:
മേമ
(mēma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malayalam:
മാമി
(māmi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malayalam:
വല്യമ്മ
(valyamma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Malayalam:
ചെറിയമ്മ
(ceṟiyamma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Maltese:
zija
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Manchu:
ᠠᠮᡠ
(amu)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Manchu:
ᠠᠮᠪᡠ
(ambu)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Manchu:
ᠨᡝᡴᠴᡠ
(nekcu)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Māori:
whaea kēkē
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Māori:
whaene
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Māori:
matua kēkē (genderless)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Marathi:
माउशी
(māuśī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Marathi:
मामी
(māmī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Marathi:
आत्या
(ātyā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Marathi:
काकी
(kākī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Eastern Mari:
ака
(aka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Mazanderani:
پرخا
(perxā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Meriam:
apu
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Middle English:
aunte
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Miyako:
ブバ
(buba)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Miyako:
ブバマ
(bubama)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Mòcheno:
moa'm
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ngarrindjeri:
barno
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norman:
tànte
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norman:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norwegian Bokmål:
tante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norwegian Bokmål:
faster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norwegian Bokmål:
moster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Norwegian Bokmål:
morsøster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Occitan:
tanta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Ohlone:
'ansik
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Old English:
mōdriġe
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Old English:
faþu
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Oromo:
adaadaa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Pannonian Rusyn:
андя
(andja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Pannonian Rusyn:
нина
(nina)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Pashto:
ترور
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Pennsylvania German:
Aent
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Pennsylvania German:
Aendi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Iranian Persian:
عَمِّه
(amme)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Iranian Persian:
خالِه
(xâle)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Iranian Persian:
دایْزِه
(dâyze)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Iranian Persian:
کاکی
(kâki)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Plautdietsch:
Mumm
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Plautdietsch:
Taunte
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Polish:
ciotka
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Polish:
ciocia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Polish:
wujenka
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Polish:
stryjenka
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Portuguese:
tia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Réunion Creole French:
matant
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Romani:
bibi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Romanian:
mătușă
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Russian:
тётя
(tjótja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Russian:
тётка
(tjótka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Russian:
тётушка
(tjótuška)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Sami:
goaski
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Sami:
muoŧŧá
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Sami:
siessá
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Northern Sami:
ipmi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Skolt-Sami:
sieˊss
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sanskrit:
पितृव्या
(pitṛvyā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sardinian:
tzia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sardinian:
tia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Scottish Gaelic:
piuthar-athar
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Scottish Gaelic:
piuthar-màthar
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Scottish Gaelic:
antaidh
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
teta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
тетка
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
хала
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
ујна
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
стрина
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
tetka
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
hala
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
ujna
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
daidžinca
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
strina
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Serbo-Croatian:
amidžinca
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Seri:
aac
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sicilian:
zia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sidamo:
la'lama
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sinhalese:
නැන්දා
(nændā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Slovak:
teta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Slovene:
teta
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Somali:
eddo
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Lower Sorbian:
śota
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Spanish:
tía
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sudovian:
mosa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Sundanese:
ébé
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Swahili:
shangazi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Swedish:
faster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Swedish:
moster
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Swedish:
tant
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tagalog:
tita
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tagalog:
tiya
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tagalog:
tiyahin
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tamil:
அத்தை
(attai)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tamil:
சித்தி
(citti)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tamil:
பெரியம்மா
(periyammā)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tamil:
மாமி
(māmi)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Telugu:
అత్త
(atta)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Telugu:
పిన్ని
(pinni)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Telugu:
పెదమ్మ
(pedamma)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Thai:
ป้า
(bpâa)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Thai:
อา
(aa)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Thai:
น้า
(náa)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tibetan:
སྲུ་མོ
(sru mo)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tibetan:
ཨ་ནེ
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tokelauan:
faimātua
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tokelauan:
matua hā
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Tokelauan:
tuātina
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkish:
hala
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkish:
bibi
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkish:
eme
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkish:
teyze
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkish:
yenge
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Turkmen:
daýza
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
ті́тка
(títka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
тьо́тя
(tʹótja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
цьоця
(cʹocja)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
ву́йна
(vújna)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
ву́йчина
(vújčyna)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
тета
(teta)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
цьо́тка
(cʹótka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
вуянка
(vujanka)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ukrainian:
стри́йна
(strýjna)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Ulithian:
aanti
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Urdu:
خالَہ
(xāla)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Urdu:
ماسی
(māsī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Urdu:
پھوپھی
(phophī)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Venetan:
amia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Venetan:
àmeđa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Venetan:
àmeda
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Venetan:
àmia
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Vietnamese:
cô
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Vietnamese:
dì
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Volapük:
jiter
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Volapük:
zian
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Walloon:
matante
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Welsh:
modryb
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Wolaytta:
aayyee michchiyo
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Wolaytta:
aawaa michchiyo
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yámana:
tanowa-kipa
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yiddish:
מומע
(mume)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yoruba:
ẹ̀gbọ́n màmá mi obìnrin
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yoruba:
ẹ̀gbọ́n bàbá mi obìnrin
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yoruba:
àbúrò màmá mi obìnrin
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Yoruba:
àbúrò bàbá mi obìnrin
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Zazaki:
ām
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Zazaki:
xale (diq)
— a parent's sister or sister-in-law
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܚܵܠܬܘܿ
(ḥālto)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬܘܿ
(atto)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Armenian:
հորաքույր
(horakʻuyr)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Armenian:
մորաքույր
(morakʻuyr)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Bengali:
মাসী
(maśi)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Burmese:
ဒေါ်
(dau)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Burmese:
မ
(ma.)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Catalan:
tia
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Chinese Mandarin:
阿姨
(āyí)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Czech:
teta
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Dutch:
tante
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Estonian:
tädi
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Finnish:
täti
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Georgian:
დეიდა
(deida)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
German:
Tante
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Hungarian:
néni
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Ingrian:
minni
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Italian:
zia
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Japanese:
おばさん
(obasan)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Jeju:
아지망
(ajimang)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Jeju:
아주망
(ajumang)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Korean:
아주머니
(ajumeoni)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Korean:
아줌마
(ajumma)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Central Kurdish:
خاتۆ
(xato)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Central Kurdish:
خان
(xan)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Latvian:
tante
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Malay:
makcik
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Marathi:
काकू
(kākū)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Marathi:
माउशी
(māuśī)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Norwegian Bokmål:
tante
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Norwegian Bokmål:
filletante
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Portuguese:
tia
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Russian:
тётя
(tjótja)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Serbo-Croatian:
тета
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Serbo-Croatian:
teta
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Slovene:
teta
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Spanish:
tía
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Swedish:
tant
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Tamil:
அத்தை
(attai)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Thai:
ป้า
(bpâa)
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Turkish:
teyze
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin
Yoruba:
àǹtí
— affectionate term for an older woman, by means of fictive kin