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nonna

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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  • nonno (grandfather)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay nyonya.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • Afrikaans: nonna

Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin nonna.

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Noun

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nonna f (plural nonne, masculine nonno, pejorative nonnàccia, endearing nonnùccia, diminutive-endearing nonnétta or nonnettìna or nonnìna)

  1. grandmother, granny

Coordinate terms

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  • nonno (grandfather)

Derived terms

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See also

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Latin

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Etymology

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Feminine of nonnus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nonna f (genitive nonnae, masculine nonnus); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. nun
  2. tutor (female), tutoress (dated, may now be sexist), tutrix (obsolete)
  3. old woman

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nonna nonnae
genitive nonnae nonnārum
dative nonnae nonnīs
accusative nonnam nonnās
ablative nonnā nonnīs
vocative nonna nonnae

Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈnɔnnə/

Noun

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nonna f (plural nonne)

  1. grandmother
  2. beddy-bye

References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nonna f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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nonna f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne