auntie
noun
aunt.
auntie
American
[an-tee, ahn-]
/ ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- /
Or
aunty
noun
-
aunties
plural
Auntie
1
British
/ ˈɑːntɪ /
noun
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an informal name for the BBC
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informal the Australian Broadcasting Association
auntie
2
British
/ ˈɑːntɪ /
noun
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a familiar or diminutive word for aunt
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informal an older male homosexual
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Etymology
Origin of auntie
Example Sentences
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Kim sees her role as their auntie as the "most important job" she has.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
If cities were people, Lucknow would be the auntie who insists you eat something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Chop up two-thirds of the dialogue into bon mots and it’d make a great book of inspirational quotes, the sort of thing a thoughtful auntie would slip into a kid’s stocking at Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Saunders will appear as Joan, the sister of Dame Joanna's character Felicity and auntie of the show's titular star Amanda, played by Lucy Punch.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
It was her opinion that the reason Seema was as withdrawn as she was, was because Ritu auntie hadn’t done a good enough job making her feel welcome in her sasural—bridal home.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
She’s like an Auntie Mame, only her version of extravagance is peanut butter sundaes at Serendipity 3, a course at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and tickets to see Diana Rigg on Broadway in “Medea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over the past decade, I’ve fallen victim to the online shopping epidemic, meaning I haven’t stepped foot inside a mall and enjoyed an Auntie Anne’s pretzel in years.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Poorna Jagannathan is marvelous as their beloved, fearsome Lucky Auntie, who knows the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Auntie would be calling us soon to tell us to wash and dress and come down for breakfast.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Obma, who has aunties and cousins living in Cardiff, now splits his time between Wales and Wisconsin, and named Pembrokeshire and the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, as some of his favourite spots.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
They said yes, and over the next nine months, Califano embedded himself within Zohran’s team, photographing everything from union rallies to neighborhood canvassers to Ramadan iftars among aunties.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2025
Because of Mamdani’s interesting background, he brought the limousine liberals together with the aunties from Bangladesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
I have aunties, big brothers and big sisters that I can ask anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
People know each other’s parents or siblings, their aunties and cousins.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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