Meaning of word aunt

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An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate terms include auntie or aunty. Children in other cultures and families may refer to the cousins of their parents as aunt or uncle due to the age and generation gap. The word comes from Latin: amita via Old French ante and is a family relationship within an extended or immediate family.

The male counterpart of an aunt is an uncle, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.

Additional terms[edit]

• A half-aunt is a half-sister of a parent.
• An aunt-in-law is the aunt of one’s spouse and is the wife of the uncle of somebody.^{[citation needed]}.
• A great-aunt^[1][2]/grandaunt^[3] (sometimes written grand-aunt^[4]) is the sister of one’s grandparent. Despite the popular usage of great-aunt, genealogists consider it more correct to use grandaunt for a grandparent’s sister to avoid confusion with earlier generations.^{[citation needed]} Similarly, the female siblings of one’s great-grandparents are referred to as great-grandaunts.^{[5][better source needed]}

Genetics and consanguinity[edit]

Aunts by birth (sister of a parent) are related to their nieces and nephews by 25%. As half-aunts are related through half-sisters, they are related by 12.5% to their nieces and nephews. Non-consanguineous aunts (female spouse of a relative) are not genetically related to their nieces and nephews.

Cultural variations[edit]

In some cultures, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, respected senior members of the community, often also referred to as Elders, are addressed as «uncle» (for men) and «aunt» for women, as a mark of seniority and respect, whether related or not,^[6][7] such as Aunty Kathy Mills.^[8]

In several cultures, no single inclusive term describing both a person’s kinship to their parental female sibling or parental female in-law exists. Instead, there are specific terms describing a person’s kinship to their mother’s female sibling, and a person’s kinship to their father’s female sibling, per the following table:^{[citation needed]}

Aunts in popular culture[edit]

Aunts in popular culture have not always been portrayed as positive roles. Childless aunts are often subjected to othering in popular culture and presented as exotic or as having a second-best role, with motherhood preferred.^[9]

Fictional aunts include:

• May Parker, the aunt of Spider-Man.
• Auntie Mame, title character in the novel and film.
• Petunia Dursley, the aunt of the protagonist of Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling.
• Vivian Banks, the aunt of the main character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• Aunt Sally, a character in the Worzel Gummidge books and TV series.
• Aunt Em, the aunt of Dorothy Gale in the Oz books and film.
• Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge, the villainous aunts of James Trotter in James and the Giant Peach.
• Diane — The tomboyish aunt of Daniel in Chicago Party Aunt.

Aunt Flo is a popular euphemism referring to the menstrual cycle.

An agony aunt is a colloquial term for a female advice columnist.

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles beginning with Aunt – includes many articles with titles «Aunt [name].»
• Auntie (disambiguation) (also includes «Aunty»)
• Cousin

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Abinomn: nyebak
• Afrikaans: tante (af)
• Albanian: teze (sq), emtë (sq), hallë (sq)
• Alutor: ыссэ (əsse)
• Amharic: ኣከስት (ʾakäst)
• Arabic: (father’s sister) عَمَّة‎ (ar) f (ʕamma), (mother’s sister) خَالَة‎ (ar) f (ḵāla), (wife of father’s brother) زَوْجةُ العَمّ‎ (zawjatu l-ʕamm); (wife of mother’s brother) زَوْجةُ الخال‎ (zawjatu l-ḵāl)
• Armenian: հորաքույր (hy) (horakʿuyr) (paternal), մորաքույր (hy) (morakʿuyr) (maternal), քեռակին (hy) (kʿeṙakin) (in law)
• Assamese: পেহী (pehi), জেঠাই (zethai), মাহী (mahi), খুৰী (khuri), বৰমা (boroma)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: (father’s sister) ܥܲܡܬܵܐ‎ f (ʿamtā), (mother’s sister) ܚܵܠܬܵܐ‎ f (ḥāltā), (wife of father’s brother) ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܥܲܡܵܐ‎ f (baḵt ʿamā); (wife of mother’s brother) ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ‎ f (baḵt ḥālā)
• Asturian: tía (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: xala (az), bibi (az)
• Bakhtiari: (paternal) کچی‎ (keči)
• Basque: izeba (eu), izeko (eu)
• Belarusian: цётка f (cjótka), цёця f (cjócja)
• Bengali: (mother’s sister) খালা (bn) (khala)/মৈ (bn) (mōi), (father’s sister) ফুফী (phuphi)/ফুফু (bn) (phuphu), (wife of father’s brother) চাচী (caci), (wife of mother’s brother) মামী (mami), মাসী (maśi), মাসীমা (maśima), কাকিমা (kakima), কাকি (kaki), খুড়ি (khuṛi)
• Breton: moereb (br) f
• Brunei Malay: babu
• Bulgarian: ле́ля (bg) f (lélja)
• Burmese: ဒေါ်ကြီး (my) (dau-kri:) (elder sister of one’s father or mother), ကြီးတော် (my) (kri:tau) (mother’s elder sister), ဒေါ်လေး (my) (daule:) (younger sister of one’s father or mother), အဒေါ် (my) (a.dau) (younger sister of one’s mother), ထွေးလေး (my) (htwe:le:) (mother’s younger sister), ထွေးတော် (my) (htwe:tau), အရီး (my) (a.ri:)
• Catalan: tia (ca) f
• Central Dusun: inai
• Chichewa: bambo wamkazi (father’s sister), mayi (mother’s sister), mayi wamkulu (mother’s older sister), mayi wamng’ono (mother’s younger sister)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 姑媽／姑妈 (yue) (gu¹ maa¹) (father’s elder sister), 姑姐 (yue) (gu¹ ze¹) (father’s younger sister), 伯娘 (baak³ noeng⁴) (father’s elder brother’s wife), 阿嬸／阿婶 (aa³ sam²) (father’s younger brother’s wife), 姨媽／姨妈 (yue) (ji⁴ maa¹) (mother’s elder sister), 阿姨 (aa³ ji^4-1) (mother’s younger sister), 舅母 (yue) (kau⁵ mou⁵) (mother’s brother’s wife)

  Mandarin:

  (father’s sister): 姑 (zh) (gū), 姑媽／姑妈 (zh) (gūmā), 姑姑 (zh) (gūgu), 姑母 (zh) (gūmǔ)

  (father’s elder brother’s wife): 伯母 (zh) (bómǔ), 大娘 (zh) (dàniáng)

  (father’s younger brother’s wife): 叔母 (zh) (shúmǔ), 嬸母／婶母 (zh) (shěnmǔ), 婶母 (zh) (shěnmǔ), 嬸嬸／婶婶 (zh) (shěnshen), 婶婶 (zh) (shěnshen)

  (mother’s sister): 姨 (zh) (yí), 姨媽／姨妈 (zh) (yímā), 阿姨 (zh) (āyí), 姨母 (zh) (yímǔ);

  (mother’s brother’s wife): 舅母 (zh) (jiùmǔ), 舅媽／舅妈 (zh) (jiùmā), 妗母 (zh) (jìnmǔ), 妗子 (zh) (jìnzi)

• Chinook Jargon: kwalh
• Cornish: modrep
• Czech: teta (cs) f
• Danish: tante (da), faster (da) (father’s sister), moster (da) (mother’s sister)
• Dutch: tante (nl) f
• Esperanto: onklino (eo)
• Estonian: tädi (et)
• Ewe: (paternal) tasi, te, (mother’s elder sister) dagã, nɔgã, (mother’s younger sister) daɖia, nɔɖi
• Faroese: fastir f (paternal), mostir f (maternal)
• Finnish: täti (fi) (paternal or maternal, sometimes in-law)
• French: tante (fr) f, tatie (fr) f (informal)
• Friulian: agne f
• Galician: tía f
• Georgian: დეიდა (ka) (deida), მამიდა (ka) (mamida)
• German: Tante (de) f
• Greek: θεία (el) f (theía)

  Ancient: θεία f (theía), τηθίς f (tēthís)

• Greenlandic: aja (maternal), atsa (paternal)
• Gunwinggu: berluh (paternal), karrang (mother’s younger sister), morlah (mother’s older sister)
• Hawaiian: makuahine, ʻanakē
• Hebrew: דּוֹדָה‎ f (dóda)
• Hindi: बूआ (hi) f (būā) (father’s sister), मौसी (hi) f (mausī) (mother’s sister), चाची (hi) f (cācī) (father’s brother’s wife), मामी (hi) f (māmī) (mother’s brother’s wife), फूफी (hi) f (phūphī) (father’s sister)
• Hungarian: nagynéni (hu)
• Icelandic: föðursystir (is) f (paternal), móðursystir (is) f (maternal)
• Ido: onklino (io)
• Indonesian: bibi (id), tante (id)

  Sundanese: ébé

• Ingrian: täti
• Irish: aintín f
• Istriot: gnagna f
• Italian: zia (it) f
• Japanese: おば (ja) (oba), (younger than one’s parent): 叔母 (ja) (おば, oba), (older than one’s parent): 伯母 (ja) (おば, oba)
• Jeju:

  (father’s sister): 고모 (gomo)

  (mother’s sister): 이모 (imo)

  (father’s brothers’ wives): 큰어멍 (keuneomeong) (older brother), ᄆᆞᆮ삼촌어머니 (mawtsamchoneomeoni) (older brother), 족은어멍 (jogeuneomeong) (youngest brother), 셋어멍 (seseomeong) (second brother), 말젯어멍 (maljeseomeong) (third brother of four or more)

  (mother’s brother’s wife): 웨숙모 (wesungmo)

• Kambaata: lankaama
• Kapampangan: dara
• Kashmiri: پۄپھ‎ (ks) (pọph) (father’s sister), پیٚچھَنؠ‎ (ks) (pechan’) (father’s brother’s wife), ماس‎ (ks) (mās) (mother’s sister), مامَنؠ‎ (ks) (māman’) (mother’s brother’s wife)
• Kazakh: апа (kk) (apa), апай (kk) (apai)
• Khoekhoe: antis
• Kis: omoigwa
• Korean:

  (father’s sister): 고모(姑母) (ko) (gomo)

  (mother’s sister): 이모(姨母) (ko) (imo), 이모님(姨母) (imonim) (honorific)

  (father’s older brother’s wife): 백모(伯母) (ko) (baengmo) (eldest brother), 백모님(伯母) (baengmonim) (eldest brother, honorific), 둘째어머니 (duljjaeeomeoni) (second (older or younger) brother), 중모(仲母) (jungmo) (second (older or younger) brother), 큰어머니 (ko) (keuneomeoni), 큰어머님 (keuneomeonim) (honorific), 큰엄마 (keuneomma) (children’s speech), 큰어미 (keuneomi) (non-polite, lowering)

  (father’s younger brother’s wife): 숙모(叔母) (ko) (sungmo), 숙모님(叔母) (sungmonim) (honorific), 작은어머니 (ko) (jageuneomeoni), 작은어머님 (jageuneomeonim) (honorific), 작은엄마 (ko) (jageuneomma) (children’s speech), 작은어미 (jageuneomi) (non-polite, lowering), 삼촌댁(三寸宅) (ko) (samchondaek) (lowering)

  (mother’s brother’s wife): 외숙모(外叔母) (oesungmo), 외숙모님(外叔母) (oesungmonim) (honorific), 외삼촌댁(外三寸宅) (oesamchondaek), 구모(舅母) (gumo)

• Krisa: wini (paternal), moni baʼ (mother’s elder sister), moni pung (mother’s younger sister)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پوور‎ (ckb) (pûr)

  Northern Kurdish: xaltî (ku), met (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: میمِگ‎ (mîmig)

• Latgalian: cjoceite
• Latin: amita (la) (paternal), mātertera (la) (maternal)
• Latvian: tante, (paternal) tēva māsa, (maternal) mātes māsa
• Lithuanian: teta f
• Luhya: senge
• Luxembourgish: Tatta (lb) f
• Macedonian: тетка (mk) f (tetka)
• Malay:

  Rumi: emak saudara, mak cik, tante

  Jawi: امق ساودارا‎, مق چيق‎, تنتى‎

• Malayalam: അമ്മായി (ml) (ammāyi), (colloquial) മേമ (mēma), മാമി (ml) (māmi), (father’s elder sister) വല്യമ്മ (valyamma), (father’s younger sister) ചെറിയമ്മ (ml) (ceṟiyamma)
• Maori: whaea kēkē, whaene
• Marathi: (mother’s sister) माउशी f (māuśī), (mother’s sister-in-law) मामी (mr) f (māmī), (father’s sister) आत्या f (ātyā), (father’s sister-in-law) काकी f (kākī)
• Mazanderani: پرخا‎ (perxā)
• Meriam: apu
• Middle English: aunte
• Miyako: (younger than one’s parent) ブバ (buba), (older or younger than one’s parent) ブバマ (bubama)
• Mòcheno: moa’m f
• Ngarrindjeri: barno
• Norman: tànte f (Guernsey), tante f (Jersey)
• Northern Ohlone: ‘ansik
• Northern Sami: (mother’s elder sister) goaski, (mother’s younger sister) muoŧŧá, (father’s sister) siessá, (parent’s or their sibling’s cousin’s wife) ipmi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tante (no) m or f, faster (no) m or f (paternal), moster m or f (maternal), morsøster m or f (maternal, archaic)

• Occitan: tanta (oc) f
• Old English: módrige f (mother’s sister), faþu f (father’s sister)
• Old French: ante f, aunte f
• Oromo: adaadaa
• Pashto: ترور‎ (ps) f
• Pennsylvania German: Aent f, Aendi f
• Persian: (paternal) عمه‎ (fa) (‘amme), (maternal) خاله‎ (fa) (xâle), دایزه‎ (fa) (dâyze), کاکی‎ (fa) (kâki)
• Plautdietsch: Mumm f, Taunte f
• Polish: ciotka (pl) f, ciocia (pl) f, wujenka (pl) f (wife of mother’s brother), stryjenka (pl) f (wife of father’s brother)
• Portuguese: tia (pt) f
• Romani: bibi f
• Romanian: mătușă (ro) f
• Russian: тётя (ru) f (tjótja), тётка (ru) f (tjótka) (colloquial), тётушка (ru) f (tjótuška)
• Rusyn: тю́̈тка f (tjú̈tka)
• Sanskrit: (father’s sister) पितृव्या f (pitṛvyā)
• Saterland Frisian: Möie f
• Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-athar f (paternal), piuthar-màthar f (maternal), antaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian: teta (sh) (Croatia)

  Cyrillic: тетка f, (maternal in-law) ујна f, (paternal in-law) стрина f

  Roman: tetka (sh) f, (maternal in-law) ujna (sh) f, (Bosnia) daidžinca f, (paternal in-law) strina (sh) f, (Bosnia) amidžinca f

• Seri: aac
• Sicilian: zia (scn) f
• Sidamo: la’lama
• Sinhalese: නැන්දා (nændā)
• Skolt Sami: sieˊss (paternal)
• Slovak: teta (sk) f
• Slovene: teta (sl) f
• Somali: eddo
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: śota f

• Spanish: tía (es) f
• Sudovian: mosa f
• Sundanese: ébé
• Swahili: shangazi (sw)
• Swedish: faster (sv) c (paternal), moster (sv) c (maternal), tant (sv) c (in-law)
• Tagalog: tita (tl), tiya, tiyahin
• Telugu: (paternal) అత్త (te) (atta), (maternal) పిన్ని (te) (pinni), పెదమ్మ (te) (pedamma), (maternal, in-law) అత్త (te) (atta)
• Thai: ป้า (th) (bpâa) (parent’s elder sister), อา (th) (aa) (father’s younger sister), น้า (th) (náa) (mother’s younger sister)
• Tibetan: སྲུ་མོ (sru mo) (maternal), ཨ་ནེ (a ne) (paternal)
• Turkish: hala (tr), bibi (tr), eme (tr) (paternal), teyze (tr) (maternal), yenge (tr) (in-law)
• Turkmen: daýza
• Ukrainian: ті́тка (uk) f (títka), тьо́тя f (tʹótja), цьоця f (cʹocja), ву́йна f (vújna), ву́йчина (vújčyna), тета f (teta), цьо́тка f (cʹótka), вуянка f (vujanka), стри́йна f (strýjna)
• Venetian: amia (vec) f, àmeđa f, àmeda f, àmia f
• Vietnamese: cô (vi) (paternal), dì (vi) (maternal)
• Volapük: jiter (vo), zian (vo)
• Walloon: matante (wa) f
• Welsh: modryb (cy) f
• West Frisian: muoike (fy) c
• Yiddish: מומע‎ f (mume)
• Yámana: tanowa-kipa
• Yoruba: ẹ̀gbọ́n màmá mi obìnrin (mother’s older sister), ẹ̀gbọ́n bàbá mi obìnrin (father’s older sister), àbúrò màmá mi obìnrin (mother’s younger sister), àbúrò bàbá mi obìnrin (father’s younger sister)
• Zazaki: ām, xale

Last Updated:
11 Apr 2023
— Updated example sentences

This is my Aunt Mary. 

Это моя тётя Мэри.

Aunt Mary sends her love. 

Тетя Мэри передаёт привет.

He has three aunts and two uncles. 

У него три тёти и два дяди.

My aunt collects porcelain dolls. 

Моя тётка собирает фарфоровых кукол.

My aunt brought up four children. 

Моя тётка вырастила четверых детей.

Aunt Edna writes a beautiful hand. 

У тёти Эдны великолепный почерк.

aunt Mary 

тётя Мэри

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She cheated her aged aunt out of her fortune.  

I saw my aunt coming and beat a hasty retreat.  

His aunt and uncle were witnesses at his baptism.  

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