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  auntie

  noun

  aunt.
• Auntie
  Auntie

  noun

  an informal name for the BBC

auntie

American  

[an-tee, ahn-] / ˈæn ti, ˈɑn- /

Or aunty

noun

• aunties
  plural

1. Informal. aunt.

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Auntie ¹ British  

/ ˈɑːntɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for the BBC

2. informal the Australian Broadcasting Association

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auntie ² British  

/ ˈɑːntɪ /

noun

1. a familiar or diminutive word for aunt

2. informal an older male homosexual

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• aunties
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of auntie

First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie

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Example Sentences

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auntie Auntie aunties

"My grandmother and my auntie used to tell me that he's a cousin of the family. Cause you know, it's a very small island, Corsica."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

On Wednesday, the GP's family said she was kind, generous and loving; a beloved mother, daughter, sister, auntie, daughter-in-law and friend.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Your album “To Whom This May Concern” released in February, and it feels like a love letter from your favorite auntie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

"My auntie and uncle live in Dinnington, so this is where they would bring us for a day out," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

This had created a strange rivalry between Ritu auntie and Mamma.

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

For me, it’s the fresh-baked cinnamon sugar pretzel from Auntie Anne’s.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

After spending much of the year racing to remake civilization, they packed a giant convention center and marveled at displays flaunting the latest AI research between bites of Auntie Anne’s pretzels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

"They left a mum and her three children completely helpless whilst her sister and their Auntie watched on in horror," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

So, she challenged Auntie to send the city mouse here instead and promised me for the next summer.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

I followed a small group of South Asian aunties in industrial-grade puffers and bright yellow “Zohran” campaign beanies, which smartly functioned equally as political statements and survival gear.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

She encourages parents to "let go" if grandparents, aunties and uncles choose to spoil young ones.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

Because of Mamdani’s interesting background, he brought the limousine liberals together with the aunties from Bangladesh.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025

Even the day scenes feel tinged by darkness — especially when Shula visits her dead uncle’s home to find a neglected hovel of forgotten children likely to be abandoned by her judgmental aunties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

“I will tell them everything,” I say simply, and the aunties look at me with doubtful faces.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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