aunt

aunt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of aunt in a sentence

• My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
• My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
• My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.

All 40 example sentences with aunt

Synonyms of aunt

• auntie
• aunty
• auntyji
• naunt

Antonyms

• uncle
• niece
• nephew

All synonyms and antonyms of aunt

Forms of aunt

Plural of aunt: aunts

Origin of aunt

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”)). Notes on pronunciation and spelling The digraph ⟨au⟩ representing /æ ~ ɑː/ (rather than /ɔː/) is irregular. It likely reflects a development of Middle English /au̯/ to [aː~æː] before /m n/ in some varieties of Early Modern English, which later came to be identified with either /æ/ or [æː] from pre-fricative lengthening (in the latter case, creating a phoneme /æː/; this is the basis of the bath lexical set). Such pronunciations historically competed with more learned ones where /au̯/ underwent its normal development to /ɔː/, with the standard language eventually adopting /æ ~ ɑː/ in words that came to be spelt with ⟨a⟩ and /ɔː/ in those which came to be spelt with ⟨au⟩ except in this word. However, dialects may have /æ/ or /ɑː/ in other words such as launch, especially in the UK. An alternative explanation derives /æ ~ ɑː/ in this word (and other instances of bath before /m n/) from a collateral Middle English form with /a/, which...

Words formed from aunt

• agony aunt
• agony auntie
• agony aunty
• auntcest
• auntdom
• Aunt Edna
• Aunt Emma
• Aunt Flo
• aunt fucker
• aunthood
• aunticide
• Auntie
• aunty
• Auntie Beeb
• aunting
• aunt-in-law
• auntish
• Aunt Jane
• Aunt Jemima
• auntless
• auntlike
• auntly
• Aunt Minnie
• aunt nell
• auntness
• Aunt Sally
• auntship
• Aunt Thomasina
• auntyish
• auntyji
• Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
• co-aunt
• cousin-aunt
• double aunt
• grandaunt
• great-aunt
• great-grandaunt
• half aunt
• if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
• if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt
• kopi auntie
• kopi aunty
• maiden-auntish
• maiden-auntishness
• maternal aunt
• maternal half aunt
• mine aunt
• my aunt
• my aunt Fanny
• my giddy aunt
• my sainted aunt
• naunt
• paternal aunt
• paternal half aunt
• please excuse my dear Aunt Sally
• second aunt
• stepaunt
• step-aunt
• summon auntie
• uncle or aunt

Related words

• tante
• materteral

Phrases with aunt

• Aunt Flow
• wine aunt
• Aunt Ednas
• Aunt Emmas
• Aunt Janes
• aunt nells
• Aunt Tabby
• great aunt
• aunt nelled
• aunt fuckers
• Aunt Jemimas
• Aunt Minnies

Words that rhyme with aunt

• grant
• plant
• chant
• can't
• implant
• courante
• supplant
• aslant
• détente
• my giddy aunt
• replant
• sha'n't

Questions about aunt

What does aunt mean?

Aunt means the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

What is aunt in Hindi?

Aunt in Hindi is बूआ (būā), मौसी (mausī), चाची (cācī). See Aunt meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is aunt?

Aunt is a noun.

How do you pronounce aunt?

Aunt is pronounced /ɑːnt/.

What is the plural of aunt?

The plural of aunt is aunts.