HOW TO PRONOUNCE
aunt
/ænt/
Press play to hear how to pronounce aunt.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:49
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
The IPA shown sounds like ant.
Another pronunciation uses a broader ah vowel. Keep n and t together at the end.
1 syllable
TRY SAYING
“My aunt sent us a postcard.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does aunt mean?
noun
- The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
- The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
- A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (obsolete) Any elderly woman.
- (obsolete) A procuress or bawd.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ænt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
She only knew that she was happy, and vaguely wondered what her mother and Aunt Margaret would have said about the proceedings.
There, trembling lest the aunt should turn round, concealed behind a pillar, motionless, not daring to breathe, he gazed at his child.
More book examples (3)
Her aunt often expressed a wish for her, but there was no notice, no message from the uncle on whom all depended.
In the case of my misguided aunt, the form which pious perseverance was next to take revealed itself to me plainly enough.
“For some things,” said his aunt, “it was a good thing Paul was ill that Christmas. I believe it saved his mother.”