aunty


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aunt·ie

also aunt·y  (ăn′tē, än′-)
n. pl. aunt·ies Informal
Aunt.
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Aunty

(ˈɑːntɪ)
n
(Broadcasting) Austral an informal name for ABC22
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.aunty - the sister of your father or motheraunty - the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
grandaunt, great-aunt - an aunt of your father or mother
kinswoman - a female relative
maiden aunt - an unmarried aunt
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Translations
عُمَيمَه، خُوَيلَه
frænka
tetuška

aunt

(aːnt) noun
the sister of one's father or mother, or the wife of one's uncle. My Aunt Anne died last week; The child went to the circus with her aunt.
ˈauntie, ˈaunty (ˈaːnti) noun
an aunt. Auntie Jean; Where's your auntie?
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Oh, it is wonderful here, aunty dear, just paradise!
"Why, aunty, we are only going up home;--what is the use?"
"Well, aunty, I did lose a great many; and then, when we stopped anywhere, papa would buy some more of whatever it was."
"Why, aunty, what'll you do now?" said Eva; "that trunk is too full to be shut down."
"It must shut down," said aunty, with the air of a general, as she squeezed the things in, and sprung upon the lid;--still a little gap remained about the mouth of the trunk.
"He can't know how near we are coming," said aunty; "hadn't you better run and speak to him?"
"You never will, Aunty. You'll be eighteen when you should be a hundred.
"I was born a see-saw Aunty, and nothing can ever prevent me from teetering."
"Well, I've counted them twice, Aunty, and I can't make but nine."
Aunt Tulliver must certainly go to the Mill now, and keep house for Tom; that was rather a loss to Lucy in the matter of household comfort; but then, to think of poor aunty being in her old place again, and gradually getting comforts about her there!
"You must sit by yourself, aunty," said that contriving young lady, "because I must sit by Tom; I've a great deal to say to him."
Currently, Ayesha was living with her aunty and uncle as her mother was abroad to perform Umra in Suadi Arabia.