Asturian

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Adjective

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tanta

  1. feminine singular of tantu

Catalan

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Adjective

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tant

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish tante, from French tante, from Latin amita.

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Noun

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tanta f (genitive singular töntu, nominative plural töntur)

  1. (informal) aunt

Usage notes

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This word is not very commonly used, and then only informally, even jocularly. Normally, the more general word frænka, referring to either an aunt (or great-aunt, etc.) or female cousin, or the more specific words föðursystir (paternal aunt) and móðursystir (maternal aunt), are used.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtan.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: tàn‧ta

Determiner

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Adverb

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tanta

  1. (informal) feminine singular of tanto

Usage notes

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  • In popular usage, adverbial tanto is allowed to agree with a following adjective, e.g. tante poche (so few), tanta lunga (so long).

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Latin

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Adjective

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tanta

  1. inflection of tantus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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tantā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tantus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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tanta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of tante

Norwegian Nynorsk

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tanta f (definite singular tanta, indefinite plural tanter or tantor, definite plural tantene or tantone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tante
  2. definite singular of tante

Occitan

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from French tante.

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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tanta f (plural tantas)

  1. aunt

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch tante.

Noun

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tanta

  1. aunt

Portuguese

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Quechua

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Adverb

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tanta

  1. together, adjacent

Noun

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tanta

  1. meeting, gathering

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with thanta, t'anta.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtanta/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: tan‧ta

Determiner

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tanta

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch tante. Cf. Aukan tanto.

Noun

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tanta

  1. aunt

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