different between grandmother vs nonna

English

Etymology

From Middle English graundmodre, grauntmoder, granmoder; equivalent to grand- +? mother. Compare French grand-mère. Superseded earlier eldmother, eldermother.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???æn(d)?m?ð?(r)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???æn?m?ð?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æn(d)?m?ð?/
• Hyphenation: grand?mo?ther

Noun

grandmother (plural grandmothers)

1. A mother of someone's parent.
2. A female ancestor or progenitor.

Synonyms

• (mother of someone's parent): See Thesaurus:grandmother

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender): grandfather
• (with regard to ancestry): granddaughter, grandson, grandchild

Hypernyms

• grandparent

Hyponyms

• maternal grandmother
• paternal grandmother

Derived terms

Related terms

• great-grandfather

Translations

Many languages use different terms for the mother of someone's father and the mother of someone's mother. When such a distinction is required in English, the phrases maternal grandmother (“mother of one's mother”) and paternal grandmother (“mother of one's father”) can be used. Specific translations can be added at those entries.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

Noun

nonna (plural nonnas)

1. (dialectal) grandmother

Coordinate terms

• nonno (“grandfather”)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nyonya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?.na?/
• 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.

Related terms

• nonnie

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nonna

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n.na/

Noun

nonna f (plural nonne, masculine nonno)

1. grandmother, granny

Derived terms

• bisnonna
• trisnonna

Coordinate terms

• nonno (“grandfather”)

Descendants

• ? English: nonna
• ? Greek: ???? (nóna)
• ? Italiot Greek: nunna
• ? Mòcheno: nu'na

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of nonnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?non.na/, [?n?n?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?non.na/, [?n?n??]

Noun

nonna f (genitive nonnae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. nun

Declension

First-declension noun.

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)
• 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?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?n?nn?/

Noun

nonna f (plural nnonne)

1. grandmother
2. beddy-bye

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nonnen

Noun

nonna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of nonne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nonna f

1. definite singular of nonne