different between nancy vs ann

English

Etymology

From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nænsi/
• Rhymes: -ænsi
• Hyphenation: nan?cy

Noun

nancy (plural nancies)

1. (Britain, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.

Synonyms

• (an effeminate man): mama's boy, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
• (a homosexual): friend of Dorothy, omi-palone; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual

Derived terms

• nancy up
• nancyboy, nance

Translations

Anagrams

• Canny, canny

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