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nanny
English
Etymology
(1795) It has often been assumed that the English term was originally a widespread child's word for "female adult other than mother" (compare Greek ????? (nánna, “aunt”), nanna). See also Welsh nain (“grandmother”).
On the other hand, according to recent research of the Dutch historical linguists Hans Beelen en Nicoline van der Sijs (published in Onze Taal, September 2018), on which see also etymologiebank.nl, in Dutch), the term nanny (and the British colloquial nan for "grandmother") may actually be eponymous, viz. being originally an affective form (i.e. a hypocoristic) of the popular female name Anne. The Dutch statesman and scientist Constantijn Huygens Jr. made the following observation during one of his many sojourns in England (noted in his Journaal, dated 13 December 1692): "Yesterday I received 10lb of chocolate again, from niece Becker, and she had Nanny, her maid, bringing me the money that she had owed me" (Gisteren kreegh 10 ? choccolate wederom van nicht Becker, en had Nanny, haer meidt, geweest om mij 't geldt, dat van haer hebben most, te brengen). Beelen and van der Sijs therefore assumed that "since many female domestic servants were named "Nan" or "Nanny", the name became a sobriquet for the profession of "maid, childminder" in the 18th century". ("Omdat veel vrouwelijke huisbedienden in het Engels de voornaam Nan of Nanny hadden, verschoof de betekenis in de achttiende eeuw naar die van een beroepsaanduiding: ‘meid, kindermeisje’")
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?næni/
- Rhymes: -æni
Noun
nanny (plural nannies)
- A child's nurse.
- (colloquial) A grandmother.
- (US, colloquial) A godmother.
- A female goat.
- 1983, Douglas H. Chadwick, A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed, Bison Books (2002), ?ISBN, page 159:
- Breeding is a consuming goal, and the ascendance of the sex drive is nearly as apparent in the behavior of a mountain goat billy. So given over is he to following and defending a succession of nannies as he searches for one in heat (estrus), he loses interest in food altogether; […]
- 2005, Richard Cannings, The Rockies: A Natural History, Greystone Books (2005), ?ISBN, page 103:
- Nannies and billies look very similar, both having dangerously sharp, curved black horns.
- 2013, Janet Hurst, The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More, Voyageur Press (2013), ?ISBN, page 28:
- A farmer friend keeps a video camera in the barn so she can turn on her goat cam and observe her animals at any time of the day or night. A baby monitor picks up the sounds of a nanny when she goes into labor—if the nanny is one who changes the usual pitch of her voice or nervously bleats during kidding.
- 1983, Douglas H. Chadwick, A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed, Bison Books (2002), ?ISBN, page 159:
Synonyms
- (female goat): nanny goat
- (child's nurse): housemother
Derived terms
- nanny state
- manny (male nanny)
- nannify
Related terms
- nanna
- nannification
Translations
Verb
nanny (third-person singular simple present nannies, present participle nannying, simple past and past participle nannied)
- (intransitive, transitive) To serve as a nanny.
- (transitive, derogatory) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle. [From the mid-20th c.]
Jamaican Creole
Noun
nanny (plural: nanny dem, quantified: nanny)
- Alternative spelling of Nanny.
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ann
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)
- Obsolete spelling of annate
Anagrams
- NAN, NaN, Nan, nan
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of annou, from French à nous.
Adverb
ann
- 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
- there
Derived terms
- bí ann
Pronoun
ann (emphatic annsan)
- third-person singular masculine of i: in him, in it m
Etymology 2
Reduced form of inmhe
Noun
ann
- 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)
- year
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin annus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?an?/
Noun
ann m (usually invariable, plural agn)
- year
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aun??/, /ã?n??/
Etymology
From Old Irish and. Cognates include Irish ann and Manx ayn.
Adverb
ann
- there
- in existence, alive
Derived terms
- ann am
- ann an
Pronoun
ann
- 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
- plural of ?n
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