nonna
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnɒnə/, /ˈnɔːnə/, /ˈnoʊnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ), -ɔːnə(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]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]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
Related terms
[edit]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)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- nonno (“grandfather”)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio (Category: it:Family)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine of nonnus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnon.na/, [ˈnɔnːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.na/, [ˈnɔnːä]
Noun
[edit]nonna f (genitive nonnae, masculine nonnus); first declension (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | nonna | nonnae |
genitive | nonnae | nonnārum |
dative | nonnae | nonnīs |
accusative | nonnam | nonnās |
ablative | nonnā | nonnīs |
vocative | nonna | nonnae |
Descendants
[edit]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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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 nonne)
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]- nonnen m sg
Noun
[edit]nonna f sg
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]nonna f sg
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