aunt
noun
Simple meaning
The sister of your father or mother.
Pronunciation
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antIPA pronunciation (US)
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IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
The sister or sister-in-law of one's parent.
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one's parent.
endearing
A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
Used this way, aunt is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use aunt
- “My aunt is visiting us this weekend from out of town.”
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