tante

Etymology

From Dutch tante, from French tante.

Noun

tante (plural tantes, diminutive tannie or tantetjie)

1. aunt

Etymology

Borrowed from French tante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“paternal aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tantə/, [ˈtˢɛnd̥ə]

Noun

tante c (singular definite tanten, plural indefinite tanter)

1. aunt

Further reading

• “tante” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃tə/

Noun

tante f (plural tantes, diminutive tantetje n)

1. aunt

Anagrams

• atten, natte

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃t/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tante f (plural tantes)

1. aunt

   Ma mère et ma tante sont jumelles.

   My mother and my aunt are twins.

2. (pejorative) homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK)

   T'as vu cette tante qui traversait la rue ?

   Did you see that faggot crossing the street?

Further reading

• “tante” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• entât, étant, natte, tenta

Etymology

From French tenter (“attempt, tempt”).

Verb

tante

1. to attempt
2. to tempt

Adverb

tante

1. so

Etymology

From Malay tante, from Dutch tante.

Noun

tante

1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)
2. auntie (an elderly woman)
3. madam

Adjective

tante f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective tanto.

Anagrams

• netta, tenta

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)

Etymology

Borrowed 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

References

Etymology

From Dutch tante.

Noun

tante (Jawi spelling تنتى‎, plural tante-tante)

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

Alternative forms

• tànte (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French ante, from Latin amita.

Noun

tante f (plural tantes)

1. (Jersey) aunt

Noun

tante

1. aunt

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

References

• “tante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

References

• “tante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.