great-aunt

See also: greataunt and great aunt

English

Alternative forms

• great aunt

Etymology

From great- +‎ aunt.

Noun

great-aunt (plural great-aunts)

1. An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).

Synonyms

• grandaunt

Antonyms

• (by gender) great-uncle
• (by reciprocal relationship) great-nephew, great-niece

Translations

aunt of one’s parent

• Czech: prateta (cs) f
• Dutch: oudtante (nl) f
• Esperanto: praonklino
• Finnish: isotäti (fi)
• French: grand-tante (fr) f, grand’tante (fr) f (archaic)
• German: Großtante (de), Großmuhme (de) f (obsolete), Grossmuhme (de) f (obsolete, Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
• Ido: preonklo (io), preonklino (io)
• Irish: sean-aintín f
• Italian: prozia (it) f
• Japanese: 大叔母 (ja) (おおおば, ōoba)
• Latin: amita magna
• Macedonian: пра́тетка f (prátetka)
• Malay: nenek saudari
• Navajo: análí (paternal), amá sání (maternal)
• Norman: grand'tante f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grandtante (no) m or f, filletante m or f

  Nynorsk: grandtante f

• Plautdietsch: Ellamum f
• Polish: cioteczna babka (pl) f, stryjeczna babka (pl) f (by marriage)
• Portuguese: tia-avó (pt) f
• Russian: двою́родная ба́бушка (ru) f (dvojúrodnaja bábuška)
• Seri: aact (maternal grandmother's sister or maternal grandmother's brother's wife)
• Spanish: tía-abuela f
• Swedish: gammelfaster (sv) c (parent's paternal), gammelmoster (sv) c (parent's maternal), gammeltant c (parent's in-law)
• Ukrainian: двою́рідна ба́ба f (dvojúridna bába)
• Welsh: hen fodryb f, hen anti f
• Zazaki: āmık, xalık