aunt
noun /ɑːnt/
/ænt/
- Aunt Alice
- My aunt lives in Canada.
- Great Aunt Emily
- Mathilde lives with her aunt and uncle on a small farm.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elderly
- maiden
- spinster
- …
- (informal) used by children, with a first name, to address a woman who is a friend of their parentsTopics Family and relationshipsb2 see also agony aunt
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ante, from Latin amita.