tante

See also Tante

Danish

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“paternal aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tantə/, [ˈtˢand̥ə]

Noun

tante c. (singular definite tanten, plural indefinite tanter)

1. aunt

Synonyms

• (paternal aunt): faster c.
• (maternal aunt): moster c.

Inflection

    Inflection of tante

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tante	tanten	tanter	tanterne
genitive	tantes	tantens	tanters	tanternes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

tante f.

1. aunt

Related terms

• oom, (Flemish) nonkel
• neef, nicht

Anagrams

• atten, natte

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French

Etymology

From Old French ante > Latin amita.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɑ̃t/, SAMPA: /tA~t/

Noun

tante f. (plural tantes)

1. aunt
2. (pejorative) homosexual

Synonyms

• tata

Related terms

• oncle, tonton
• cousin, cousine

Anagrams

• entât, étant, natte, tenta

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tenter (“attempt, tempt”).

Verb

tante

1. attempt
2. tempt

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Ido

Adverb

tante

1. so

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Indonesian

Noun

tante

1. aunt
2. madam

Synonyms

• tanta

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Italian

Adjective

tante f. pl.

1. feminine plural form of tanto

Anagrams

• netta, tenta

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Latin

Adjective

tante

1. vocative masculine singular of tantus

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Norwegian

Noun

tante

1. aunt

Related terms

• onkel
• nevø, niese

Inflection

    Inflection of tante

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	tante	tanteen	tantee	tantene
Bokmål f	tante	tanta	tante/tanter	tantene
Nynorsk f	tante [tanta]	tanta	tanter [tantor]	tantene [tantone]