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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#m1)

2) In many families and cultures, auntie is a kind name for a woman friend of the family or an older woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x1)
- My auntie lives in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x2)
- Auntie brought us a cake for my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x3)
- My auntie is my mum's sister, so her children are my cousins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x4)
- We call Mum's best friend Auntie Jo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x5)
- Two aunties came to my school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x6)
- "Good morning, auntie," says the girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/4/)
- [Vivid example: at Christmas in Dublin, Auntie Siobhan hands Mum a lumpy orange jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/2/)
- [Vivid example: in a Leeds corner shop, Auntie Bev holds up a magazine: "SOAP STAR'S SECRET HEARTBREAK!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/3/)
- [In Glasgow, Lily's auntie's cat Bawheid ignores her all weekend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/14/)
- [At Christmas Mia's cousin flips the Monopoly board across the room, so the aunties ban Monopoly at Christmas for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «auntie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auntie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.