nan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"

English

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from a Celtic language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /næn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

Noun

nan (plural nans)

  1. (Britain, affectionate) A grandmother.
    We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See at naan.

Pronunciation

Noun

nan (plural nans)

  1. Alternative spelling of naan

Anagrams

Acehnese

Noun

nan

  1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

References

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

  • (Savoyard dialect) IPA(key): /ˈnɑ/
  • (Bressan dialect) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ̃/

Interjection

nan

  1. no

Antonyms

Adverb

nan

  1. no

Antonyms

French

Adverb

nan

  1. (informal) nah, nope

Synonyms

  • non (standard French)

Haitian Creole

Article

nan

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

This word is used only when the preceding word is singular and ends with a nasal consonant.

See also

Preposition

nan

  1. in

Interlingue

Adjective

nan

  1. dwarf

Japanese

Romanization

nan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なん

Kurdish

Etymology

From Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑːn/

Noun

nan m

  1. bread
  2. food

Synonyms

Verb

nan

  1. to fuck, to copulate, to have sex with

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nan/

Noun

nan m (diminutive nancycko)

  1. father

Declension

Coordinate terms

Mandarin

Romanization

nan (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄢ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of nàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Papiamentu

Etymology

The third person plural pronoun nan (“they”) and the overall plural noun suffix -nan are unique for Papiamentu and cannot be found in any other language. According to Clements and Parkvall the pronoun nan and it's derived suffix -nan were introduced into the language just in the 1700s because of the grown need for a plural marking. Apparently before the introduction the need for a plural marking was not felt, just like in many other languages.

Pronoun

nan

  1. they, third person plural
  2. their

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

nan

  1. if (subjunctive)
    Nan robh mi beartach, b'urrainn dhomh cheannaich taigh-mòr. - If I were rich, I could buy a mansion.
  2. whether (subjunctive)
    Biodh gràdh agam air fhathast nan robh e beartach neo bochd. - I would still love him whether he were rich or poor.

Usage notes

  • Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form nam is used instead.
  • Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
  • The negative form is mura.

Preposition

nan

  1. in their
    Bha iad nan cadal. - They were sleeping (literally They were in their sleep).

Usage notes

  • Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form nam is used instead.

Article

nan

  1. the

Usage notes

  • This form is used in the genitive plural.
  • Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form nam is used instead.

See also

Upper Sorbian

Noun

nan m

  1. father

Declension

Vietnamese

Etymology

Equivalent to the noun derivative of đan (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nan

  1. bamboo tape (for basketwork); bamboo slat (of a paper fan)

Wolof

Adverb

nan

  1. (interrogative) how

See also

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”)

Noun

nan ?

  1. bread
  2. food
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