aunt

aunt

a female relative: I invited my aunt to the wedding.
Not to be confused with:ant – an insect: No one invited an ant to this picnic.

aunt

A0324500 (ănt, änt)n.1. a. The sister of one's father or mother.b. The wife of a sibling of one's mother or father.2. Used as a form of address for an older woman, especially by children.

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[Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin amita, paternal aunt.]

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aunt′hood n.

aunt

(ɑːnt) n (often capital, esp as a term of address) 1. a sister of one's father or mother2. the wife of one's uncle3. a term of address used by children for any woman, esp for a friend of the parents4. my aunt! my sainted aunt! an exclamation of surprise or amazement[C13: from Old French ante, from Latin amita a father's sister]

aunt

(ænt, ɑnt)

n. 1. the sister of one's father or mother. 2. the wife of one's uncle. 3. Chiefly New Eng. and South Midland U.S. (used as a term of respectful address to an older woman unrelated to the speaker.) [1250–1300; Middle English aunte < Anglo-French, for Old French ante < Latin amita father's sister, old feminine past participle of amāre to love, i.e., beloved] pron: In New England and E Virginia, a “broad a” pronunciation of aunt, resembling either the (ä) of car or a vowel midway in quality between (ä) and the (a) of hat, occurs in the speech of all social groups, even those who do not use the sound in words like dance and laugh.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aunt - the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncleauntie, auntygrandaunt, great-aunt - an aunt of your father or motherkinswoman - a female relativemaiden aunt - an unmarried auntuncle - the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

Translations

伯母姑妈姑母姑母的昵称姨母

aunt

(aːnt) noun 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. 姑姑，阿姨，伯母或嬸嬸，舅媽 姑母，姨母或伯母，婶母，舅母 ˈauntie, ˈaunty (ˈaːnti) noun an aunt. Auntie Jean; Where's your auntie? aunt 的暱稱 （aunt的昵称）伯母，婶母，姑母，姨母，舅母

aunt

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