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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

Etymology

Origin of auntie

First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie

Example Sentences

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auntie Auntie aunties

“Ashley is a beloved daughter, sister, auntie and a best friend to everyone,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The victim's niece, Mai Pexton, had gone to the property and banged on the door, screaming for her "auntie".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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

If cities were people, Lucknow would be the auntie who insists you eat something.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

“Pity,” Ritu auntie replied, grabbing another cookie just as Seema was reaching for the same one.

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

However, the women kept in touch, and Gini became "Auntie Gini", even when Christopher's family travelled the world for their jobs.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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

I was met with such a stern look from Auntie that my words stopped of their own accord.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The aunties seemed genuinely delighted, bopping along to Bruno Mars as if this were the triumph of civic joy they had been waiting for since Election Day.

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

People know each other’s parents or siblings, their aunties and cousins.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater