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Aunt vs Aune - What's the difference?

aunt | aune |

As nouns the difference between aunt and aune

is that aunt is a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent while aune is an old french cloth measure, varying around the country, but at paris equivalent to 095 of an english ell.

aunt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • * 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
    • I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
  • (also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
  • (usually auntie) A grandmother.
  • An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

    • Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) uncle * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew

    Hyponyms

    * (qualifier, sister of someone's father) paternal aunt * (qualifier, sister of someone's mother) maternal aunt

    Derived terms

    * Auntie * auntie, aunty * agony aunt * big auntie * great-aunt * grandaunt * little auntie * mine aunt * naunt

    See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    References

    1000 English basic words

    aune

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.
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