Noun: aunte
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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The senatours wyf / hir Aunte was / But foꝛ al that / she knew hir neuer the mooꝛe (The senator's wife was her aunt, / but despite that, she didn't know her at all.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Mannes] Tale [of Lawe]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 125, verso:]
Nouns inflected like aunte
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte and continental Old French ante, from Latin amita. See: Latin Nouns '
amita'.
Verbs referencing "aunte"
English Nouns
aunt.
Translations