aunt

CEFRA1

/ɑːnt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The sister of your parent, or the wife of your uncle.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

Examples

  • Had you met her aunt before you married May?

  • My aunt lives in New York.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ant/
  • /eɪnt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.

  2. The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

  3. Any elderly woman.

More examples

In context

  • What does your aunt do?

  • I saw neither hope of his reclaiming, nor comfort in his being; and was it not then better bestowed upon his uncle than upon one of his aunts?—I need not say bawd, for every one knows what aunt stands for in the last translation.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“father's sister”). Displaced native Middle English modrie (“aunt”) (from Old English mōdriġe (“maternal aunt”); compare Old English faþu, faþe (“paternal aunt”)). The digraph ⟨au⟩ representing /æ ~ ɑː/ instead of the expected /ɔː/ is irregular, and has not been conclusively explained (compare launch, which contains /ɑː/ in some UK dialects).