different between nance vs ann

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

Noun

nance (plural nances)

1. (slang) Alternative form of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
   • 1992, Leigh W. Rutledge, The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present

     "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

Verb

nance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)

1. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.

   nancing around in tight pants

Further reading

• nance at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

From Spanish nance

Noun

nance (plural nances)

1. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

Anagrams

• canne

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nantzi.

Noun

nance m (plural nances)

1. a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family
2. the fruit of this tree
3. a kind of coffee grown in Costa Rica

English

Alternative forms

• annat

Etymology

From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /an/

Noun

ann (plural anns)

1. Obsolete spelling of annate

Anagrams

• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of annou, from French à nous.

Adverb

ann

1. Contraction of annou; let's

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aun??/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /??n??/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /an??/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish and, from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?dó

Adverb

ann

1. there

Derived terms

• bí ann

Pronoun

ann (emphatic annsan)

1. third-person singular masculine of i: in him, in it m

Etymology 2

Reduced form of inmhe

Noun

ann

1. Only used in in ann

Further reading

• "ann" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

ann m (plural agn)

1. year

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?/

Noun

ann m (usually invariable, plural agn)

1. year

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aun??/, /ã?n??/

Etymology

From Old Irish and. Cognates include Irish ann and Manx ayn.

Adverb

ann

1. there

2. in existence, alive

Derived terms

• ann am
• ann an

Pronoun

ann

1. third-person singular masculine of an; in him, in it

Inflection

References

• “ann” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Malcolm MacLennan, editor (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: John Grant

Vilamovian

Noun

ann

1. plural of ?n