tante

Meaning

1. (feminine) aunt
2. (derogatory, feminine) homosexual (man); faggot, fag (US); poof (UK)

Concepts

aunt

fairy

🧚

father’s sister

queer

poof

aunty

auntie

maternal aunt

paternal aunt

queen

👸

faggot

mother’s elder sister

mother’s younger sister

fag

pansy

poove

pouf

poofter

nance

theta

twink

uncle

drag queen

fagot

tatee

naunt

Synonyms

tatie

tata

tapette

pédale

pédé

tantouse

soeur du père

mère

👩‍🍼

tantine

oncle

tantouze

fée

🧚

folle

pet

prout

tante maternelle

tante paternelle

matante

clope

Translations

tía

zia

Tante

tante

tia

tia

θεία

teyze

hala

tanta

matertera

amita

پوور

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑ̃t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: tante

Inherited from Old French: ante

Inherited from Latin: amita

In summary

Inherited from Middle French tante, alteration of ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita ("father's sister"). The initial t- is probably due to childish reduplication.
A derivation from t’ante, that is ta ante (“your aunt”), is grammatically possible because the use of ton with vowel-initial feminines is secondary and was only optional in Middle French. However, if a rebracketing of this sort had occurred, one would not expect it to happen with the second-person pronoun, but much rather the first person (thus *mante).