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Definition: Aunty |
AuntyNoun1. The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aunty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Likable older gay male. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AuntySynonyms: aunt (n), auntie (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: uncle (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Aunty Jack Show (1972) How She Fooled Aunty (1915) Aunty and the Girls (1913) Eradicating Aunty (1909) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimja. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Champ Clark and William J. Bryan talking in front of "House of Representatives," as "Conservative Aunty Dem" woman calls to them from behind the fence as does "Radical Wing" donkey. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Charles, taking his aunt for a sail: Cheer up Aunty, we'll soon be aboard and then you'll think you're ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Aunty" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 64.73% of the time. "Aunty" is used about 258 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 64.73% | 167 | 24,143 |
| Noun (singular) | 35.27% | 91 | 34,491 |
| Total | 100.00% | 258 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aunty | 92 |
aunty indian | 21 |
aunty p | 6 |
aunty saree | 6 |
aunty jane | 5 |
aunty math | 4 |
aunty tamil | 3 |
aunty judy | 3 |
aunty mallu | 2 |
aunty story | 2 |
aunty jack | 2 |
aunty kerala | 2 |
aunty hot | 2 |
aunty horse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aunty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 老大娘 (granny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tante (Aunt, Auntie, crone, lady, old girl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nénike (Auntie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 아줌마 (Aunt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auntyay tiazinha (gammer, goody). (various references) Tía (Aunt, Auntie, chippy, packet, tail). (various references) Протиракета (Auntie), Тітонька (Auntie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "aunty": flaunty, jaunty, vaunty. (additional references) | |
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"Aunty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ainsty, antny, Anty, Aulnay, aunry, aunte, aunti, auntly, aunto, Hunty, onty, Pauntly, taunty, vaunty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: aunt, tuna, yuan. | |
-2 letters: ant, any, nay, nut, tan, tau, tun, uta. | |
-3 letters: an, at, ay, na, nu, ta, un, ut, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: auntly, jaunty, vaunty. | |
+2 letters: annuity, buoyant, flaunty, gauntly, gauntry, naughty, truancy, tunably, unaptly, unhasty, unitary. | |
+3 letters: autodyne, autogeny, autonomy, centaury, guaranty, humanity, jauntily, lunately, nugatory, quaintly, quantify, quantity, tautonym, truantry, tuneably, tympanum, uncatchy, unsafety, unstably, unstayed, unsteady, urbanity. | |
+4 letters: adjunctly, adjutancy, antiquary, antiquity, autodynes, buoyantly, candytuft, contumacy, countably, exultancy, mountainy, mundanity, naturally, naughtily, neutrally, nystagmus, outlaying, petulancy, piquantly, pugnacity, sanctuary, staunchly, strangury, tautonyms, tautonymy, tympanums, tyrannous, unanimity, unclarity, unearthly, unhealthy, unitarily, unreality, untypical, voluntary. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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