Phrase guide

maternal aunt

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both

A sister of one's mother.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both

A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A similar great aunt, etc.

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Qualifier: imprecise

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Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَالَة (ḵāla) — one's mother's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā) — one's mother's sister
  • Turoyo: ܚܘܠܬܳܐ (ḥulto) — one's mother's sister
  • Armenian: մորաքույր (morakʻuyr) — one's mother's sister
  • Azerbaijani: xala — one's mother's sister
  • Bengali: খালা (khala) — one's mother's sister
  • Bengali: মই (moi) — one's mother's sister
  • Catalan: tia — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姨媽 /姨妈 (ji4 maa1) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿姨 — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姨姨 — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨母 (yímǔ) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿姨 (āyí) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨媽 /姨妈 (yímā) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大姨 (dàyí) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二姨 (èr yí) — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: etc. — one's mother's sister
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小姨 (xiǎoyí) — one's mother's sister
  • Teochew: 阿姨 (a1 i5) — one's mother's sister
  • Teochew: 姨 (i5) — one's mother's sister
  • Czech: teta — one's mother's sister
  • Danish: moster — one's mother's sister
  • Danish: tante — one's mother's sister
  • Dutch: tante — one's mother's sister
  • Esperanto: onklino — one's mother's sister
  • Ewe: dagã — one's mother's sister
  • Ewe: nɔgã — one's mother's sister
  • Ewe: daɖia — one's mother's sister
  • Ewe: nɔɖi — one's mother's sister
  • Faroese: mostir — one's mother's sister
  • Finnish: täti — one's mother's sister
  • Finnish: äidin sisko — one's mother's sister
  • French: tante — one's mother's sister
  • French: tatie — one's mother's sister
  • West-Frisian: muoike — one's mother's sister
  • Georgian: დეიდა (deida) — one's mother's sister
  • German: Tante mütterlicherseits — one's mother's sister
  • Hebrew: דּוֹדָה (dóda) — one's mother's sister
  • Hindi: मौसी (mausī) — one's mother's sister
  • Hungarian: anyai nagynéni (ágról való) — one's mother's sister
  • Icelandic: móðursystir — one's mother's sister
  • Irish: aintín — one's mother's sister
  • Italian: zia — one's mother's sister
  • Japanese: おば (oba) — one's mother's sister
  • Kashmiri: ماس (mās) — one's mother's sister
  • Korean: 이모 (imo) — one's mother's sister
  • Krisa: moni baʼ — one's mother's sister
  • Krisa: moni pung — one's mother's sister
  • Central Kurdish: پوور (pûr) — one's mother's sister
  • Northern Kurdish: xalet — one's mother's sister
  • Latin: matertera — one's mother's sister
  • Macedonian: тетка (tetka) — one's mother's sister
  • Macedonian: тетка по мајка (tetka po majka) — one's mother's sister
  • Malayalam: അമ്മായി (ammāyi) — one's mother's sister
  • Marathi: माउशी (māuśī) — one's mother's sister
  • Marathi: मावशी (māvśī) — one's mother's sister
  • Navajo: amá yázhí — one's mother's sister
  • Norwegian: tante — one's mother's sister
  • Norwegian: moster — one's mother's sister
  • Nupe: ǹnági — one's mother's sister
  • Persian: خاله (xâle) — one's mother's sister
  • Polish: ciotka macierzysta — one's mother's sister
  • Portuguese: tia — one's mother's sister
  • Romanian: mătușă după mamă — one's mother's sister
  • Russian: тётя (tjótja) — one's mother's sister
  • Russian: тётя по ма́тери (tjótja po máteri) — one's mother's sister
  • Russian: тётя по матери́нской ли́нии (tjótja po materínskoj línii) — one's mother's sister
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-màthar — one's mother's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: те̏тка — one's mother's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅtka — one's mother's sister
  • Serbo-Croatian: teta — one's mother's sister
  • Slovak: teta — one's mother's sister
  • Slovene: teta — one's mother's sister
  • Spanish: tía — one's mother's sister
  • Swedish: moster — one's mother's sister
  • Tamil: பெரியம்மா (periyammā) — one's mother's sister
  • Tamil: சித்தி (citti) — one's mother's sister
  • Taos: kàyúna — one's mother's sister
  • Telugu: పిన్ని (pinni) — one's mother's sister
  • Telugu: పెదమ్మ (pedamma) — one's mother's sister
  • Thai: น้า (náa) — one's mother's sister
  • Tibetan: སྲུ་མོ (sru mo) — one's mother's sister
  • Turkish: teyze — one's mother's sister
  • Urdu: خالَہ (xāla) — one's mother's sister
  • Urdu: ماسی (māsī) — one's mother's sister
  • Zazaki: xal (diq) — one's mother's sister
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ (baḵt ḥālā) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Armenian: քեռակին (kʻeṙakin) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Bengali: মামী (mami) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Bengali: মামানী (mamani) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Chinese Cantonese: 舅母 (kau5 mou5) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Chinese Cantonese: 妗母 (kam5 mou5) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舅母 (jiùmu) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舅媽 /舅妈 (jiùmā) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妗母 (jìnmǔ) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Teochew: a1-gim6 — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Danish: tante — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Finnish: enon vaimo — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Hindi: मामी (māmī) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Kashmiri: مامَنؠ (māman') — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Macedonian: вујна (vujna) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Polish: wujenka — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Portuguese: tia — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: ујна — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: даиџинца — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: ujna — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Serbo-Croatian: daidžinca — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Swedish: tant — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Tamil: அத்தை (attai) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Tamil: மாமி (māmi) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Telugu: అత్త (atta) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Turkish: yenge — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Urdu: مُمانی (mumānī) — one's mother's sister-in-law
  • Urdu: مامی (māmī) — one's mother's sister-in-law