auntie

noun

aunt·​ie ˈan-tē How to pronounce auntie (audio)
ˈän-
variants or aunty
plural aunties
: aunt
Auntie Mame
… a stern but smoldering auntie.Ken Tucker
"Oh, please don't! We have come to tea with our cousin, and we'll be as good as gold if you'll let us stay, auntie," clamoured the boys …Louisa May Alcott
These crosses underneath the letter are really kisses, all from the children who keep asking me about Aunty Daphne, though they do not know you.Janet Frame

Examples of auntie in a Sentence

The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.
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Their cook Jacob — the Thai son of longtime customers who sees Ananya as his auntie — is pushing for change. Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025 Where his ear for gentle piano beats and dreamy Auto-Tune vocals express wistfulness for the days on his block when not much mattered other than getting some play or a bowl of his auntie’s mac and cheese. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Mar. 2025 The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next. Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025 Jenna Bush Hager’s daughters sit on the couch feeding their auntie Barbara Bush’s 7-month-old son, Edward, inside her Brooklyn townhouse. Alex Ross, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auntie

Word History

First Known Use

1672, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of auntie was in 1672

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“Auntie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auntie. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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