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aunty

aunty is the alternative spelling of auntie.

Meaning of auntie

Noun

auntie (plural aunties)

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

See all 6 meanings of auntie

Forms of aunty

pluralaunties

Origin of aunty

From aunt + -y.

Words formed from aunty

Questions about aunty

What is aunty the alternative spelling of?
Aunty is the alternative spelling of auntie.

Words near aunty in the dictionary

  1. auntness
  2. aunts
  3. aunts-in-law
  4. auntship
  5. auntships
  6. aunty
  7. auntying
  8. auntyish
  9. auntyji
  10. auntyjis
  11. auoided

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aunty (page history and authors); auntie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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