paternal aunt

/pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl ˈɑːnt/

noun

A sister of someone’s father.

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Meanings

nounpaternal aunt (plural paternal aunts)

plural paternal aunts

  1. A sister of someone’s father.
  2. The wife of a sibling of someone’s father.

Translations

Arabic عَمَّة
  • عَمَّة (ʕamma)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Bengali ফুফু, চাচী
  • ফুফু (phuphu)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • চাচী (caci)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Catalan tia
  • tiathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Chinese Mandarin 姑, 姑媽 /姑妈
  • 姑 (gū)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 姑媽 /姑妈 (gūmā)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 姑姑 (gūgu)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 姑母 (gūmǔ)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 伯母 (father’s elder brother’s wife)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 叔母 (father’s younger brother’s wife)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 嬸母 /婶母 (shěnmǔ)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • 嬸嬸 /婶婶 (shěnshen)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Czech teta
  • tetathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Danish faster, tante
  • fasterthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • tantethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Dutch tante
  • tantethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Esperanto onklino
  • onklinothe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Estonian tädi
  • tädithe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Finnish täti, isän sisko
  • tätithe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • isän siskothe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • sedän vaimothe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
French tante, tatie
  • tantethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • tatiethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
German Tante f väterlicherseits
  • Tante f väterlicherseitsthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Greek θεία, θεια
  • θεία (theía)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • θεια (theia)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • θείτσα (theítsa)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Hebrew דּוֹדָה
  • דּוֹדָה (dóda)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Hindi बुआ, चाची
  • बुआ (buā)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • चाची (cācī)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • ताई (tāī)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Hungarian apai nagynéni (ágról való)
  • apai nagynéni (ágról való)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Icelandic föðursystir
  • föðursystirthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Irish aintín
  • aintínthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Italian zia
  • ziathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Japanese おば
  • おば (oba)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Korean 고모
  • 고모 (gomo)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Latin amita, thia
  • amitathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • thiathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Norwegian tante, faster
  • tantethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • fasterthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Persian عمه, کاکی
  • عمه ('amme)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • کاکی (kāki)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Polish ciotka ojczysta, stryjenka
  • ciotka ojczystathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • stryjenkathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Portuguese tia
  • tiathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Romanian mătușă după tată
  • mătușă după tatăthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Russian тётя, тётя по отцу́
  • тётя (tjótja)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • тётя по отцу́ (tjótja po otcú)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • тётя по отцо́вской ли́нии (tjótja po otcóvskoj línii)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Scottish Gaelic piuthar-athar
  • piuthar-atharthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Spanish tía
  • tíathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Swahili shangazi
  • shangazithe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Swedish faster, tant
  • fasterthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • tantthe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Tamil அத்தை, பெரியம்மா
  • அத்தை (attai)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • பெரியம்மா (periyammā)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • சித்தி (citti)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Turkish hala, yenge
  • halathe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
  • yengethe sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Urdu پھپو
  • پھپو (phuppo)the sister or sister-in-law of someone's father
Cite this entry
APA

paternal aunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paternal%20aunt

MLA

“paternal aunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paternal%20aunt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paternal aunt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paternal%20aunt.

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