aunt
Pronunciation change
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈænt/ or /ˈɑ:nt/
- (UK) enPR: änt, IPA (key): /ɑ:nt/, SAMPA: /A:nt/
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Homophones change
- aren't (AU) (UK) (in non-rhotic accents)
- ant (some US pronunciations)
Noun change
- (countable) Your aunt is the sister of your mother or father.
- After my parents died, we went to live with my aunt.
| Members of a family (edit) |
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parent: father - mother | spouse: husband - wife | child: son - daughter | sibling: brother - sister | uncle | aunt | nephew - niece | cousin | grandparent: grandfather - grandmother | grandchild: grandson - granddaughter |