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tant in a sentence

• en gammal tant
  an old lady
• tant Sigrid
  aunt Sigrid

Questions

Similar words

damkvinnagumma

Origin

From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type.

Nearby common words

tant is number 2,361 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 2,357utomjording an alien, an extraterrestrial
• 2,358odjur monster, beast
• 2,359beroende dependent on
• 2,360fotboll soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport, football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.
• 2,362lex Used before a given name to form names, often informal, for certain laws.
• 2,364dräkt costume, dress
• 2,365lider hut, shed
• 2,366locka entice, curl