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mătușă

Română

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mătușă

  • /məˈtu.ʃə/

Where it comes from

From Vulgar Latin *mita, from Latin amita by aphaeresis, with -ușă (diminutive suffix) added later in Romanian.

noun mătuși · mătușă · mătușa · mătușile

  1. feminine aunt
  2. feminine old woman

In English

  • aunt a parent's sister or sister-in-law

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MLA

"mătușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83tu%C8%99%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mătușă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83tu%C8%99%C4%83

Chicago

"mătușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83tu%C8%99%C4%83.

BibTeX
@misc{ma_tus_a_2026,
  title = {mătușă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83tu%C8%99%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}