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great-aunt

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an aunt of your father or mother

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grandaunt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aunt, auntie, aunty

History

Etymology

From great- + aunt.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bestia — aunt of one’s parent
  • Czech: prateta — aunt of one’s parent
  • Dutch: oudtante — aunt of one’s parent
  • Esperanto: praonklino — aunt of one’s parent
  • Finnish: isotäti — aunt of one’s parent
  • French: grand-tante — aunt of one’s parent
  • French: grand’tante — aunt of one’s parent
  • German: Großtante — aunt of one’s parent
  • German: Großmuhme — aunt of one’s parent
  • German: Grossmuhme — aunt of one’s parent
  • Ido: preonklo — aunt of one’s parent
  • Ido: preonklino — aunt of one’s parent
  • Irish: sean-aintín — aunt of one’s parent
  • Italian: prozia — aunt of one’s parent
  • Japanese: 大叔母 (ōoba) — aunt of one’s parent
  • Latin: amita magna — aunt of one’s parent
  • Macedonian: пра́тетка (prátetka) — aunt of one’s parent
  • Malay: nenek saudari — aunt of one’s parent
  • Navajo: análí — aunt of one’s parent
  • Navajo: amá sání — aunt of one’s parent
  • Norman: grand'tante — aunt of one’s parent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grandtante — aunt of one’s parent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: filletante — aunt of one’s parent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grandtante — aunt of one’s parent
  • Plautdietsch: Ellamum — aunt of one’s parent
  • Polish: cioteczna babka — aunt of one’s parent
  • Polish: stryjeczna babka — aunt of one’s parent
  • Portuguese: tia-avó — aunt of one’s parent
  • Russian: двою́родная ба́бушка (dvojúrodnaja bábuška) — aunt of one’s parent
  • Seri: aact — aunt of one’s parent
  • Spanish: tía-abuela — aunt of one’s parent
  • Swedish: gammelfaster — aunt of one’s parent
  • Swedish: gammelmoster — aunt of one’s parent
  • Swedish: gammeltant — aunt of one’s parent
  • Ukrainian: двою́рідна ба́ба (dvojúridna bába) — aunt of one’s parent
  • Welsh: hen fodryb — aunt of one’s parent
  • Welsh: hen anti — aunt of one’s parent
  • Zazaki: āmık — aunt of one’s parent
  • Zazaki: xalık — aunt of one’s parent