nonna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɒnə/, /ˈnɔːnə/, /ˈnoʊnə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ), -ɔːnə(ɹ), -əʊnə(ɹ)

Noun

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:
      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

  • nonno (grandfather)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nyonya.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: nonna

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔn.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnna
  • Hyphenation: nòn‧na

Noun

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

  1. grandmother, granny

Coordinate terms

  • nonno (grandfather)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of nonnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

First-declension noun.

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 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈnɔnnə/

Noun

nonna f (plural nonne)

  1. grandmother
  2. beddy-bye

References

  • 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

Alternative forms

Noun

nonna f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nonna f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of nonne
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