filletante

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filletante

fille +‎ tante, origin of the first part is unknown. Last part from German Tante (“aunt”), from French tante (“aunt”), from Middle French tante, from Old French ante, antain (“aunt”), from Latin amita (“paternal aunt; father's sister”) (combined with Vulgar Latin *amitāna), from Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”).

filletante f or m (definite singular filletanta or filletanten, indefinite plural filletanter, definite plural filletantene)

(chiefly colloquial) the wife of one's uncle
- 2010 November 23, VG, page 32:
  [prins William av Storbritannia] skal også ha spurt sin filletante Sophie, som er gift med prins Edward (Charles [sic] bror), til råds
  [Prince William of Great Britain] is also said to have asked his uncle's wife Sophie, who is married to Prince Edward (Charles [sic]'s brother), for advice
(chiefly colloquial) aunt (the female cousin of one’s parent)
(chiefly colloquial) a close female friend of one's parents
- 2001, Harald Berntsen, Ut, page 39:
  jeg ble lært opp til å kalle [mors og fars venner] onkler og tanter og skjønte først langt seinere at de bare var filletanter og filleonkler
  I was taught to call [mother's and father's friends] uncles and aunts and only realized much later that they were just close friends of my parents
- 2011 October 21, Vårt Land, page 20:
  for meg og mange andre var hun filletante og husvenn, ubetalelig og uforglemmelig
  to me and many others she was a close female friend of their parents and housemate, priceless and unforgettable
great-aunt (an aunt of one's parent)

fille +‎ tante, origin of the first part is unknown.

filletante f (definite singular filletanta, indefinite plural filletanter, definite plural filletantene)

first cousin once removed (your parent's female cousin)
near female friend or other female relative of the family, who acts like an aunt for the children