Aren't

/ɑːnt/ verb, slang

verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1
are not (negative auxiliary)
2
A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?" colloquial
"I’m a nasty-tempered dog if any one tries to take my bone away; aren’t I, my sons?"

""Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to.""

Etymology 1

are + -n’t

Etymology 2

Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t.