tante

Meaning

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

Concepts

aunt

fairy

father’s sister

queer

poof

auntie

aunty

queen

faggot

paternal aunt

maternal aunt

pansy

mother’s elder sister

mother’s younger sister

fag

twink

poofter

uncle

drag queen

fagot

nance

poove

pouf

naunt

tatee

theta

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑ̃t/

Etymology

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).

Sentences

Ta tante en a bien quarante-neuf !

Your aunt has forty-nine!