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Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse nunna, from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔnə/, [ˈnʌnə]

Noun

nonne c (singular definite nonnen, plural indefinite nonner)

  1. nun (member of a religious community of women)
  2. nun moth, black-arched moth (Lymantria monacha)

Inflection

More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of nonne
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nonne nonnen nonner nonnerne
genitive nonnes nonnens nonners nonnernes
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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French none, nominative singular of nonain, from Late Latin nonna. Compare German Nonne.

Pronunciation

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

  1. (literary) nun
    Synonym: religieuse

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Noun

nonne f

  1. plural of nonna

Latin

Etymology

From nōn (“not”) +‎ -ne (“interrogative particle”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

nōnne (not comparable)

  1. (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer
    Non sum liber? non sum apostolus? nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi?
    Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (I Corinthians 9:1)
    Nonne intellegis?
    You do understand, don't you?
    Quid? Nonne sustulisti?
    What? Haven't you (sg.) suffered?
    Te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne
    I ought to recognize you in this downcast state, even without touching you, oughtn't I?
    Quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi?
    What I just said, don't you remember it?
  2. (in an indirect interrogation) if not, whether not
    Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.
    When it should be asked of him whether he didn't consider Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, to be blessed.
    Quaero a te, nonne putes?
    I ask of you: don't you think so?

Usage notes

  • In a direct interrogation:
    Nonne ego hic sto?
    Don't I stand here?
    Nonne animadvertis?
    Aren't you paying attention?
  • Nonne is very rarely repeated:
    Nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos projecit ille? nonne sibi clam ...?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  • It is usually followed by non in continued questions:
    Nonne vobis haec quae audīstis oculis cernere videmini? non illum ... videtis? non positas insidias? non, etc.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  • “nonne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nonne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nonne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • is it not so: nonne?

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English nunne, from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

Noun

nonne (plural nonnes)

  1. nun

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: nun
  • Scots: nun

Middle French

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

  1. noon; midday

Norman

Etymology

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

  1. (Jersey) nun

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse nunna and Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f or m (definite singular nonna or nonnen, indefinite plural nonner, definite plural nonnene)

  1. a nun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse nunna and Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f (definite singular nonna, indefinite plural nonner, definite plural nonnene)

  1. a nun

References

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