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Tante

Tante

See also: tante, tànte, tantē, and tant'è

German

Noun

Tante f (genitive Tante, plural Tanten)

  1. aunt

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tante

tante

See also: tantē, tànte, tant'è, and Tante

Afrikaans

Noun

tante (plural tantes, diminutive tannie or tantetjie)

  1. aunt

Danish

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (paternal aunt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tantə/, [ˈtˢand̥ə]

Noun

tante c (singular definite tanten, plural indefinite tanter)

  1. aunt

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃tə/

Noun

tante f (plural tantes, diminutive tantetje n)

  1. aunt

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French

Etymology

From Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃t/

Noun

tante f (plural tantes)

  1. aunt
  2. (pejorative) homosexual (man)

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tenter (attempt, tempt).

Verb

tante

  1. to attempt
  2. to tempt

Ido

Adverb

tante

  1. so

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tante, from Dutch tante.

Noun

tante

  1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)
  2. madam

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Italian

Adjective

tante f pl

  1. feminine plural of tanto

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Latin

Adjective

tante

  1. vocative masculine singular of tantus

References


Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing from German Tante (aunt), itself a borrowing from French tante (aunt). This borrowing was first mentioned in 18th-century Latvian texts.[1]

Noun

tante f (5th declension, masculine form: tēvocis), onkulis

  1. aunt (father's sister or mother's sister; father's brother's wife or mother's brother's wife)
    dzīvot pie tantes ― to live at (one's) aunt's
    tante Betsijaaunt Betsy
  2. aunt (a grown woman, in relation to a child, even if not the child's real aunt)
    Peterēna vienaudži mani jau uzrunā par tanti ― Peterēns (= Little Peter)'s friends called me aunt
    atbrauca inspektors un viena tante no arodbiedrības, veca meita ― the inspector came with an aunt from the trade union, an old girl

Declension

Synonyms

  • mātesmāsa
  • tēamāsa

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch tante.

Noun

tante (Jawi spelling تنتى)

  1. (Netherlands) aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

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Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French ante, from Latin amita.

Noun

tante f (plural tantes)

  1. (Jersey) aunt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin amita, via Old French ante, French tante, and German Tante.

Noun

tante f, m (definite singular tanta or tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

  1. aunt

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin amita, via Old French ante, French tante, and German Tante.

Noun

tante f (definite singular tanta, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

  1. aunt

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