auntie

«auntie» in Mova's school dictionary: a friendly, informal word for an aunt, the sister of your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an auntie, aunties; also aunty)

meaning for a pupil

1) Auntie is a friendly, informal word for an aunt, the sister of your mum or dad, or the wife of your uncle. tree →

2) In many families and cultures, auntie is a kind name for a woman friend of the family or an older woman. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and family stories children use it as a name or title: «Auntie Sue». In many communities (for example in Indian, African, Caribbean and Pacific families in the UK, Australia and New Zealand) children call older women «auntie» as a sign of respect. In family trees the word «aunt» is used.

examples

• Auntie Mel is coming for tea. tree →
• My auntie lives in Scotland. tree →
• Auntie brought us a cake for my birthday. tree →
• My auntie is my mum's sister, so her children are my cousins. tree →
• We call Mum's best friend Auntie Jo. tree →
• Two aunties came to my school play. tree →
• "Good morning, auntie," says the girl. tree →

note

Also spelled «aunty». Plural: aunties. With a name it takes a capital: «Auntie Rose». More formal word: aunt; male: uncle. Your aunt's children are your cousins.

In the corpora

• Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.
• Vivid example: at Christmas in Dublin, Auntie Siobhan hands Mum a lumpy orange jumper.
• Vivid example: in a Leeds corner shop, Auntie Bev holds up a magazine: "SOAP STAR'S SECRET HEARTBREAK!
• In Glasgow, Lily's auntie's cat Bawheid ignores her all weekend.
• At Christmas Mia's cousin flips the Monopoly board across the room, so the aunties ban Monopoly at Christmas for good.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «auntie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.