Meanings
nounmaternal aunt (plural maternal aunts)
plural maternal aunts
- An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both
- A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.
- impreciseA similar great aunt, etc.
Translations
Arabic خَالَة
- خَالَة (ḵāla)one's mother's sister
Bengali খালা, মই
- খালা (khala)one's mother's sister
- মই (moi)one's mother's sister
- মামী (mami)one's mother's sister-in-law
- মামানী (mamani)one's mother's sister-in-law
Catalan tia
- tiaone's mother's sister
Chinese Cantonese 姨媽 /姨妈, 阿姨
- 姨媽 /姨妈 (ji⁴ maa¹)one's mother's sister
- 阿姨one's mother's sister
- 姨姨one's mother's sister
- 舅母 (kau⁵ mou⁵)one's mother's sister-in-law
- 妗母 (kam⁵ mou⁵)one's mother's sister-in-law
Chinese Mandarin 姨母, 阿姨
- 姨母 (yímǔ)one's mother's sister
- 阿姨 (āyí)one's mother's sister
- 姨媽 /姨妈 (yímā)one's mother's sister
- 大姨 (dàyí)one's mother's sister
- 二姨 (èr yí)one's mother's sister
- etc.one's mother's sister
- 小姨 (xiǎoyí)one's mother's sister
- 舅母 (jiùmu)one's mother's sister-in-law
- 舅媽 /舅妈 (jiùmā)one's mother's sister-in-law
- 妗母 (jìnmǔ)one's mother's sister-in-law
Czech teta
- tetaone's mother's sister
Danish moster, tante
- mosterone's mother's sister
- tanteone's mother's sister
- tanteone's mother's sister-in-law
Dutch tante
- tanteone's mother's sister
Esperanto onklino
- onklinoone's mother's sister
Finnish täti, äidin sisko
- tätione's mother's sister
- äidin siskoone's mother's sister
- enon vaimoone's mother's sister-in-law
French tante, tatie
- tanteone's mother's sister
- tatieone's mother's sister
German Tante mütterlicherseits
- Tante mütterlicherseitsone's mother's sister
Hebrew דּוֹדָה
- דּוֹדָה (dóda)one's mother's sister
Hindi मौसी, मामी
- मौसी (mausī)one's mother's sister
- मामी (māmī)one's mother's sister-in-law
Hungarian anyai nagynéni (ágról való)
- anyai nagynéni (ágról való)one's mother's sister
Icelandic móðursystir
- móðursystirone's mother's sister
Irish aintín
- aintínone's mother's sister
Italian zia
- ziaone's mother's sister
Japanese おば
- おば (oba)one's mother's sister
Korean 이모
- 이모 (imo)one's mother's sister
Latin matertera
- materteraone's mother's sister
Norwegian tante, moster
- tanteone's mother's sister
- mosterone's mother's sister
Persian خاله
- خاله (xâle)one's mother's sister
Polish ciotka macierzysta, wujenka
- ciotka macierzystaone's mother's sister
- wujenkaone's mother's sister-in-law
Portuguese tia, tia
- tiaone's mother's sister
- tiaone's mother's sister-in-law
Romanian mătușă după mamă
- mătușă după mamăone's mother's sister
Russian тётя, тётя по ма́тери
- тётя (tjótja)one's mother's sister
- тётя по ма́тери (tjótja po máteri)one's mother's sister
- тётя по матери́нской ли́нии (tjótja po materínskoj línii)one's mother's sister
Scottish Gaelic piuthar-màthar
- piuthar-màtharone's mother's sister
Slovak teta
- tetaone's mother's sister
Spanish tía
- tíaone's mother's sister
Swedish moster, tant
- mosterone's mother's sister
- tantone's mother's sister-in-law
Tamil பெரியம்மா, சித்தி
- பெரியம்மா (periyammā)one's mother's sister
- சித்தி (citti)one's mother's sister
- அத்தை (attai)one's mother's sister-in-law
- மாமி (māmi)one's mother's sister-in-law
Thai น้า
- น้า (náa)one's mother's sister
Turkish teyze, yenge
- teyzeone's mother's sister
- yengeone's mother's sister-in-law
Urdu خالَہ, ماسی
- خالَہ (xāla)one's mother's sister
- ماسی (māsī)one's mother's sister
- مُمانی (mumānī)one's mother's sister-in-law
- مامی (māmī)one's mother's sister-in-law
Cite this entry
APA
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Chicago
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