tante

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

tante

Childish alteration of ante ('sister of the father or mother') attested until the 17th century, derived from the Latin amita, with the same meaning.

Definitions

Synonyms

Masculine

Plural

tantes

Hyponyms

Translations

  • germangerman:Tante
  • englishenglish:queer
  • arabicarabic:خَالَة
  • chinesechinese:舅母
  • koreankorean:숙모
  • danishdanish:tante
  • spanishspanish:maricón
  • finnishfinnish:täti
  • greekgreek:θεία
  • hebrewhebrew:דודה
  • hindihindi:मामी
  • italianitalian:zia
  • japanesejapanese:叔母
  • dutchdutch:tante
  • polishpolish:ciocia
  • portugueseportuguese:veado
  • russianrussian:тëтя
  • swedishswedish:moster
  • turkishturkish:teyze
  • ukrainianukrainian:тітка

See also

tantine (cn.)