English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɔn(ː)ɐ], [ˈnɔn(ː)ə]
  • (file)
  • (US also) IPA(key): [ˈnoʊ̯nɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔnə(ɹ), -əʊnə(ɹ)

Noun edit

nonna (plural nonnas)

  1. (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

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay nyonya.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.naː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: non‧na

Noun edit

nonna f (plural nonna's, diminutive nonnaatje n)

  1. (historical) A (young) woman of mixed Indonesian/Malay and European descent.
  2. (historical) A young lady, a miss.

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Descendants edit

  • 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)

  1. grandmother, granny

Coordinate terms edit

  • nonno (grandfather)

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See also edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Feminine of nonnus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nonna f (genitive nonnae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. nun
  2. female tutor
  3. old woman

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

IPA(key): /ˈnɔnnə/

Noun edit

nonna f (plural nnonne)

  1. grandmother
  2. beddy-bye

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

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

nonna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

nonna f

  1. definite singular of nonne