nonna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nonna.

Noun

nonna (plural nonnas)

  1. (dialectal) grandmother
    • 2009 July 29, Alex Witchel, “Borscht: What Would Nana Say?”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔnna/
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Noun

nonna f (plural nonne, masculine nonno)

  1. grandmother, granny, grannie

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Feminine of nonnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.na/, [ˈnɔn.na]

Noun

nonna f (genitive nonnae); first declension

  1. nun

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nonna nonnae
genitive nonnae nonnārum
dative nonnae nonnīs
accusative nonnam nonnās
ablative nonnā nonnīs
vocative nonna nonnae

Descendants

References

  • 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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈnɔnnɐ/

Noun

nonna f (please add the plural)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

nonna m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nonna f

  1. definite singular of nonne
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