German

Noun

Tante f ‎(genitive Tante, plural Tanten)

1. aunt

Declension

Derived terms

• Erbtante
• Großtante

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

Synonyms

• (paternal aunt): faster c
• (maternal aunt): moster c

Inflection

References

• “tante” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃tə/

Noun

tante f ‎(plural tantes, diminutive tantetje n)

1. aunt

Related terms

• oom, (Flemish) nonkel
• neef, nicht

Anagrams

• atten, natte

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)

Synonyms

• tata

Related terms

• oncle, tonton
• cousin, cousine

Anagrams

• entât, étant, natte, tenta

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

Synonyms

• tanta

Italian

Adjective

tante f pl

1. feminine plural of tanto

Anagrams

• netta, tenta

Latin

Adjective

tante

1. vocative masculine singular of tantus

References

• TANTE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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 Betsija‎ ― aunt 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)

Synonyms

• emak saudara / امق ساودارا
• mak cik / مق چيق

Norman

Alternative forms

• tànte (Guernsey)

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

Related terms

• onkel
• nevø, niese

Derived terms

• grandtante

References

• “tante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

Related terms

• onkel
• nevø, niese

Derived terms

• grandtante

References

• “tante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.