nonna
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ˈnɔn(ː)ɐ], [ˈnɔn(ː)ə]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US also) IPA(key): [ˈnoʊ̯nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɔnə(ɹ), -əʊnə(ɹ)
Noun edit
nonna (plural nonnas)
- (informal) A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
- 2009 July 29, Alex Witchel, “Borscht: What Would Nana Say?”, in New York Times[1]:
- An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas, or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy.
Coordinate terms edit
- nonno (“grandfather”)
Dutch edit
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Noun edit
nonna f (plural nonna's, diminutive nonnaatje n)
- (historical) A (young) woman of mixed Indonesian/Malay and European descent.
- (historical) A young lady, a miss.
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- Afrikaans: nonna
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin nonna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nonna f (plural nonne, masculine nonno, pejorative nonnàccia, endearing nonnùccia, diminutive-endearing nonnétta or nonnettìna or nonnìna)
Coordinate terms edit
- nonno (“grandfather”)
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of nonnus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.na/, [ˈnɔnːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.na/, [ˈnɔnːä]
Noun edit
nonna f (genitive nonnae); first declension (Late Latin)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nonna | nonnae |
Genitive | nonnae | nonnārum |
Dative | nonnae | nonnīs |
Accusative | nonnam | nonnās |
Ablative | nonnā | nonnīs |
Vocative | nonna | nonnae |
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References edit
- “nonna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nonna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nonna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- nonna in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin nonna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nonna f (plural nnonne)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 17: “la nostra nonna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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nonna m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
nonna f