Pronunciation AHD (US): ănt IPA (US): /ænt/ SAMPA (US): /{nt/ IPA (British): /aːnt/ SAMPA (British): /a:nt/ Homophones ant (US) aren't (Australian) Noun Meanings a sister of someone's father a sister of someone's mother a sister-in-law of someone's father a sister-in-law of someone's mother Related terms great aunt Translations Breton: moereb f (1,2,3,4), tintin f child's language Bulgarian: леля (lelya) f (1, 2, 3, 4) Chinese: 姑 (1), 姨 (2), 伯母 or 叔母 (3), 舅母 (4) Czech: teta f (1-4) Dutch: tante f Esperanto: onklino Finnish: täti French: tante f, tatie f (familiar) Frisian: muoike f, tante f German: Tante f Guaraní: sy'y, sy kypy'y (2) Hebrew: דודה f Indonesian: bibi, tante Interlingua: amita Italian: zia f Japanese: 叔母さん (おばさん, obasan) Polish: ciotka f, ciocia f Portuguese: tia f Romanian: mătuşă f Russian: тётя (tetya) Slovak: teta (1, 2), striná, strinka (3), učiná (4) f Spanish: tía f Swedish: tante, faster (1), moster (2) Tupinambá: aîxé (1); sy'yra (2) Turkish: hala (1), teyze (2), yenge (3,4)
Meanings a sister of someone's father a sister of someone's mother a sister-in-law of someone's father a sister-in-law of someone's mother Related terms great aunt Translations Breton: moereb f (1,2,3,4), tintin f child's language Bulgarian: леля (lelya) f (1, 2, 3, 4) Chinese: 姑 (1), 姨 (2), 伯母 or 叔母 (3), 舅母 (4) Czech: teta f (1-4) Dutch: tante f Esperanto: onklino Finnish: täti French: tante f, tatie f (familiar) Frisian: muoike f, tante f German: Tante f Guaraní: sy'y, sy kypy'y (2) Hebrew: דודה f Indonesian: bibi, tante Interlingua: amita Italian: zia f Japanese: 叔母さん (おばさん, obasan) Polish: ciotka f, ciocia f Portuguese: tia f Romanian: mătuşă f Russian: тётя (tetya) Slovak: teta (1, 2), striná, strinka (3), učiná (4) f Spanish: tía f Swedish: tante, faster (1), moster (2) Tupinambá: aîxé (1); sy'yra (2) Turkish: hala (1), teyze (2), yenge (3,4)
