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1. (n.) aunt
the sister of one's father or mother.
2. aunt
the wife of one's uncle.
3. aunt
Chiefly New Eng. and South Midland U.S. (used as a term of respectful address to an older woman unrelated to the speaker.)
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME aunte < AF, for OF ante < L amita father's sister, old fem. ptp. of amāre to love, i.e., beloved)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) aunt, auntie, aunty
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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1. (noun) aunt
the sister of sb's mother or father
all my aunts and uncles
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| Definition of 'Aunt' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Aunt
the sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife
2. (noun) Aunt
an old woman; and old gossip
3. (noun) Aunt
a bawd, or a prostitute
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Sense: the sister of one's father or mother, or the wife of one's uncle
My Aunt Anne died last week; The child went to the circus with her aunt.
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 Afrikaans: tante |
 Arabic: عَمّـه، خالَه، زَوجَة الع |
 Bulgarian: леля |
 Brazilian: tia |
 Czech: teta |
 German: die Tante |
 Danish: tante |
 Greek: θεία |
 Spanish: tía |
 Estonian: tädi |
 Farsi: عمه؛ خاله؛ زن عمو؛ زن دای |
 Finnish: täti |
 French: tante |
 Hebrew: דוֹדָה |
 Hindi: चाची, मामी, मौसी, फूफी |
 Croatian: teta |
 Hungarian: nagynéni |
 Indonesian: bibi |
 Icelandic: föður– eða móðursystir; k |
 Italian: zia |
 Japanese: おば |
 Korean: 고모, 이모 |
 Lithuanian: teta |
 Latvian: tante; krustmāte |
 Malay: mak saudara |
 Dutch: tante |
 Norwegian: tante |
 Polish: ciotka |
 Persian: عمه؛ خاله؛ زن عمو؛ زن دای |
 Pashto: ترور، خاله ، د تره ښځه |
 Portuguese: tia |
 Romanian: mătuşă |
 Russian: тётя |
 Slovak: teta |
 Slovenian: teta |
 Serbian: tetka, ujna; strina |
 Swedish: faster, moster, tant |
 Thai: พี่หรือน้องสาวของแม่หรือพ |
 Turkish: hala, teyze, yenge |
 Taiwanese: 姑姑，阿姨，伯母或嬸嬸，舅媽 |
 Ukrainian: тітка |
 Urdu: خالہ ، پھپھی ، چچی ،ممانی |
 Vietnamese: cô |
 Chinese: 姑母，姨母或伯母，婶母，舅母 |
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