nonne
See also: Nonne
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)
- nun (member of a religious community of women)
- nun moth, black-arched moth (Lymantria monacha)
Inflection
Further reading
nonne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Nonne (sommerfugl) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French none, nominative singular of nonain, from Late Latin nonna. Compare German Nonne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔn/
Derived terms
- nonne allemande
- nonnette
- pet-de-nonne
Further reading
- “nonne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoːn.ne/, [ˈnoːnːɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.ne/, [ˈnɔnːe]
Adverb
nōnne (not comparable)
- (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?
- Non sum liber? non sum apostolus? nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi?
- (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?
- Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.
Usage notes
- In a direct interrogation:
- Nonne ego hic sto?
- Don't I stand here?
- Nonne animadvertis?
- Aren't you paying attention?
- Nonne ego hic sto?
- 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?
- is it not so: nonne?
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English nunne, from Late Latin nonna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnun(ə)/
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
- a nun
References
- “nonne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nunna and Late Latin nonna.
References
- “nonne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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