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auntie

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  • Regno Unito//ˈæn.ti//
  • Regno Unito//ˈɑːn.ti//
  • //ˈɐn.ti//

Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.

  2. 2

    Female domestic helper.

  3. 3

    gergoAn elderly gay man.

  4. 4

    Anche una forma di auntDiminutive of aunt.

Etimologia

Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie.

verbo

  1. 1

    To be or behave like the aunt of.

    In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.

    More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children.

    She had had only one unmitigated success in bending the girl to her will over the many years she'd auntied her: She had peeled the dialect right olf Lina's tongue.

    “I am the best auntie of any auntie that has ever auntied,” she'd say, and in doing so reshape herself into the image her community needed to see.

Forme

plurale
aunties
passato
auntied
participio passato
auntied
participio presente
auntying
3ª persona singolare
aunties
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

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