Dictionary

auntie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑːn.ti/ (UK, US)
• /ˈæn.ti/ (UK, US)
• /ˈɐn.ti/ Ghana
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie.

Meanings

1. (diminutive, endearing, form-of) Diminutive of aunt.
   form of aunt
2. (Africa, Australia, New-Zealand, qualifier:Asia) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
3. (Hong-Kong) Female domestic helper.
4. (US, slang) An elderly gay man.

Forms

Coordinates

unkie

Deriveds

auntie arm · kopi auntie · summon auntie · agony auntie

Descendants

anti · အန်တီ · 安娣 · antaidh · Aendi · àǹtí · aanti · anti

Relateds

uncle

Synonyms

aunt

Translations (32)

lad tanti (Diminutive of aunt) · fr tantine (Diminutive of aunt) · cs tetička (Diminutive of aunt) · sl tetka (Diminutive of aunt) · ca tieta (Diminutive of aunt) · fr tatie (Diminutive of aunt) · ru тётя (Diminutive of aunt) · sl tetica (Diminutive of aunt) · nrf tantinne (Diminutive of aunt) · de Tantchen (Diminutive of aunt) · fi tätönen (Diminutive of aunt) · it ziettina (Diminutive of aunt) · it ziuccia (Diminutive of aunt) · cmn 阿姨 (Diminutive of aunt) · id tante (Diminutive of aunt) · fr tata (Diminutive of aunt) · es tiita (Diminutive of aunt) · ro mătușică (Diminutive of aunt) · es tití (Diminutive of aunt) · hu nénike (Diminutive of aunt) · pl ciocia (Diminutive of aunt) · ru тётенька (Diminutive of aunt) · cmn 老大媽 /老大妈 (Diminutive of aunt) · eo onjo (Diminutive of aunt) · ja おばさん (Diminutive of aunt) · pt titia (Diminutive of aunt) · ru тётушка (Diminutive of aunt) · it zietta (Diminutive of aunt) · ja おばちゃん (Diminutive of aunt) · ro tușică (Diminutive of aunt) · es tiíta (Diminutive of aunt) · el θείτσα (Diminutive of aunt)

auntie en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑːn.ti/ (UK, US)
• /ˈæn.ti/ (UK, US)
• /ˈɐn.ti/ Ghana
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie.

Meanings

1. To be or behave like the aunt of.
   • More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children. 2003, Richard M. Lerner, Handbook of applied developmental science:
   • She had had only one unmitigated success in bending the girl to her will over the many years she'd auntied her: She had peeled the dialect right olf Lina's tongue. 2011, Salvatore Scibona, The End, page 72:
   • “I am the best auntie of any auntie that has ever auntied,” she'd say, and in doing so reshape herself into the image her community needed to see. 2019, Keturah Kendrick, No Thanks: Black, Female, and Living in the Martyr-Free Zone:
   • In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes. 1994, Maria Guadalupe Serna-Perez, Entrepreneurship, Women's Roles, and the Domestic Cycle:

Forms