English

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/

Noun

nonna f ‎(plural nonne)

1. grandmother, granny, grannie

Related terms

• nonno
• bisnonna
• trisnonna

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.

Related terms

• nonnus

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nonna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

• nonnen

Noun

nonna m, f

1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nonna f

1. definite singular of nonne