name
Meaning 1
The BBC.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, endearing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
auntie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈæn.ti/
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UK, US: /ˈɑːn.ti/
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/ˈɐn.ti/ Ghana
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rhymes with -ɑːnti
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rhymes with -ænti
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homophone: ante
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homophone: any
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homophone: anti (in some accents)
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AO1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, endearing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Diminutive of aunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: diminutive, endearing, form-of
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, Australia, New-Zealand
Qualifier: Asia
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Female domestic helper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong
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noun
Meaning 6
An elderly gay man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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verb
Meaning 7
To be or behave like the aunt of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
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: aunt, aunty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kinswoman
Narrower terms: great-aunt, grandaunt, maiden aunt
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tieta — Diminutive of aunt
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿姨 (āyí) — Diminutive of aunt
- Chinese Mandarin: 老大媽 /老大妈 (lǎodàmā) — Diminutive of aunt
- Czech: tetička — Diminutive of aunt
- Esperanto: onjo — Diminutive of aunt
- Finnish: tätönen — Diminutive of aunt
- French: tantine — Diminutive of aunt
- French: tata — Diminutive of aunt
- French: tatie — Diminutive of aunt
- German: Tantchen — Diminutive of aunt
- Greek: θείτσα (theítsa) — Diminutive of aunt
- Hungarian: nénike — Diminutive of aunt
- Indonesian: tante — Diminutive of aunt
- Italian: zietta — Diminutive of aunt
- Italian: ziettina — Diminutive of aunt
- Italian: ziuccia — Diminutive of aunt
- Japanese: おばさん (obasan) — Diminutive of aunt
- Japanese: おばちゃん (obachan) — Diminutive of aunt
- Ladino: tanti — Diminutive of aunt
- Norman: tantinne — Diminutive of aunt
- Polish: ciocia — Diminutive of aunt
- Portuguese: titia — Diminutive of aunt
- Romanian: mătușică — Diminutive of aunt
- Romanian: tușică — Diminutive of aunt
- Russian: тётенька (tjótenʹka) — Diminutive of aunt
- Russian: тётушка (tjótuška) — Diminutive of aunt
- Russian: тётя (tjótja) — Diminutive of aunt
- Slovene: tetka — Diminutive of aunt
- Slovene: tetica — Diminutive of aunt
- Spanish: tiita — Diminutive of aunt
- Spanish: tiíta — Diminutive of aunt
- Spanish: tití — Diminutive of aunt