Phrase guide

paternal aunt

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A sister of someone’s father.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

The wife of a sibling of someone’s father.

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Across languages

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  • Albanian: hallë — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Arabic: عَمَّة (ʕamma) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (ʿamtā) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Armenian: հորաքույր (horakʻuyr) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Azerbaijani: bibi — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Azerbaijani: mama — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Bengali: ফুফু (phuphu) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Bengali: চাচী (caci) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Catalan: tia — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑 (gū) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑媽 /姑妈 (gūmā) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑姑 (gūgu) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姑母 (gūmǔ) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伯母 (father’s elder brother’s wife) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叔母 (father’s younger brother’s wife) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬸母 /婶母 (shěnmǔ) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬸嬸 /婶婶 (shěnshen) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 阿姑 (a1 gou1) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 姑 (gou1) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 阿姆 (a1 m2) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 姆 (m2) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 阿嬸 /阿婶 (a1 sim2) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Teochew: 嬸 /婶 (sim2) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Czech: teta — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Danish: faster — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Danish: tante — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Dutch: tante — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Esperanto: onklino — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Estonian: tädi — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Ewe: tasi — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Ewe: te — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Finnish: täti — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Finnish: isän sisko — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Finnish: sedän vaimo — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • French: tante — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • French: tatie — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • West-Frisian: muoike — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Georgian: მამიდა (mamida) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • German: Tante f väterlicherseits — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Greek: θεία (theía) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Greek: θεια (theia) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Greek: θείτσα (theítsa) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hausa: gwaggo — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hebrew: דּוֹדָה (dóda) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hindi: बुआ (buā) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hindi: चाची (cācī) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hindi: ताई (tāī) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Hungarian: apai nagynéni (ágról való) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Icelandic: föðursystir — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Irish: aintín — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Italian: zia — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Japanese: おば (oba) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Kashmiri: پۄپھ (pọph) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Kashmiri: پیٚچھَنؠ (pechan') — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Komo: bbasʉma — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Korean: 고모 (gomo) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Krisa: wini — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Central Kurdish: پوور (pûr) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Northern Kurdish: met — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Latin: amita — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Latin: thia — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Macedonian: тетка (tetka) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Macedonian: стрина (strina) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Macedonian: нина (nina) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Macedonian: тетка по татко (tetka po tatko) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Meriam: apu — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Navajo: abízhí — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Norwegian: tante — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Norwegian: faster — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Nupe: macinmà — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Pashto: عمه (amma) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Persian: عمه ('amme) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Persian: کاکی (kāki) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Polish: ciotka ojczysta — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Polish: stryjenka — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Portuguese: tia — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Romanian: mătușă după tată — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Russian: тётя (tjótja) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Russian: тётя по отцу́ (tjótja po otcú) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Russian: тётя по отцо́вской ли́нии (tjótja po otcóvskoj línii) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Lule-Sami: siessá — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Northern Sami: siessá — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Sanskrit: पितृव्या (pitṛvyā) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-athar — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетка — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: стрина — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: амиџинца — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetka — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: strina — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: amidžinca — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Seri: aac — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Slovene: teta — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Somali: eedo — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Spanish: tía — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Swahili: shangazi — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Swedish: faster — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Swedish: tant — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tamil: அத்தை (attai) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tamil: பெரியம்மா (periyammā) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tamil: சித்தி (citti) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Taos: į̀ęmęʼéna — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tày: a — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tày: à — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tày: a lùa — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Telugu: అత్త (atta) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ནེ — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Turkish: hala — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Turkish: yenge — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Urdu: پھپو (phuppo) — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • Zazaki: ’em — the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father