tante
French
noun
Definitions
- aunt
- (pejorative) homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ante (aunt) inherited from Latin amita (paternal aunt, father's sister).
Origin
Latin
amita
Gloss
paternal aunt, father's sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tantta Finnish
- *amitāna Latin
- *mita Latin
- abamita Latin
- amita Latin
- amitinus Latin
- Erbtante German
- Tante German
- Tante-Emma-Laden German
- tantig German
- tanti Hungarian
- peettante Dutch, Flemish
- suikertante Dutch, Flemish
- tante Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegger Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegster Dutch, Flemish
- *amma- Proto-Indo-European
- tante Norwegian Bokmål
- bambatant Swedish
- mattant Swedish
- tant Swedish
- tante Norwegian Nynorsk
- tante Danish
- antain Old French
- ante Old French
- tanta Icelandic
- tanti Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tante Latvian
- tante Afrikaans
- tante Norman
- tànte Norman
- tante Malay
- emtë Albanian
- tante Middle French
- tånte Cimbrian
- tanta Occitan
- onda Romansh
- agne Friulian
- gnagna Venetian
- àmeda Venetian
- àmia Venetian
- tanchi Papiamentu
- tanta Papiamentu
- aunte xno
- amia Dalmatian
- tanta Sranan Tongo
- tanto Aukan
- Tante AG.