Pronunciation

1. UK, Aus, US (2)
   • AHD änt
   • IPA [ɑ:nt]
   • SAMPA [A:nt]
   • UK, Aus homophone: UK, Aus aren't
   • US homophone: on't
2. US (1)
   • AHD ănt
   • IPA [ænt]
   • SAMPA [{nt]
   • homophone: ant

Noun

aunt (also auntie)

1. A sister of someone's parent
2. A sister-in-law of someone's parent-or the live partner of a father's brother.
3. Your grandparent's sister or brother's wife (also known as a great aunt or grandaunt).
4. A grandmother. (usually called auntie)
5. An affectionate term to call a woman of an older generation than you.

Related terms

• auntie
• aunty
• uncle
• agony aunt
• great aunt
• grandaunt
• big auntie
• little auntie

Translations

• Breton: moereb f (1,2,3,4), tintin f child's language
• Bulgarian: леля (lelya) f (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Catalan: tia f (ca) (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Chinese: 姑 (1), 姨 (2), 伯母 or 叔母 (3), 舅母 (4)
• Czech: teta f (1-4)
• Dutch: tante f
• Esperanto: onklino
• Finnish: täti
• French: tante f, tatie f (familiar)
• Frisian: muoike f, tante f
• German: Tante f (de)
• Guaraní: sy'y , sy kypy'y (2)
• Hebrew: דּוֹדָה f (1)
• Indonesian: bibi , tante
• Interlingua: amita

  aintín f4

• Italian: zia f (1, 2, 3, 5)
• Japanese: 伯母 , 叔母 (おば , oba); 伯母さん , 叔母さん (おばさん, obasan)
• Latin: amita (paternal aunt), matertera (maternal aunt)
• Lithuanian: teta f (1)
• Polish: ciotka f, ciocia f
• Portuguese: tia f
• Romanian: mătuşă f
• Russian: тётя (tetya)
• Slovak: teta (1, 2), striná , strinka (3), učiná (4) f
• Spanish: tía f
• Swedish: tant (5), faster (1) (sister of father, paternal aunt), moster (1) (sister of mother, maternal aunt)
• Tibetan: ཡ་ནི་ (ah-nay), སུ་མོ་ (su-mo)
• Tupinambá: aîxé (1); sy'yra (2)
• Turkish: hala (1), teyze (2), yenge (3,4)