nonne

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse nunna, from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔnə/,

Noun

nonne c (singular definite nonnen, plural indefinite nonner)

1. nun (member of a religious community of women)
2. 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/

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

1. (literary) nun

   Synonym: religieuse

Derived terms

• nonne allemande
• nonnette
• pet-de-nonne

Further reading

• “nonne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Italian

Noun

nonne f

1. plural of nonna

Latin

Etymology

From nōn (“not”) +‎ -ne (“interrogative particle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːn.ne/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnon.ne/,

Adverb

nōnne (not comparable)

1. (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?

2. (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?

Usage notes

• In a direct interrogation:

  Nonne ego hic sto?

  Don't I stand here?

  Nonne animadvertis?

  Aren't you paying attention?

• 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?
    

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nunne

Etymology

From Old English nunne, from Late Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun(ə)/

Noun

nonne (plural nonnes)

1. nun

Derived terms

• nonnerie

Descendants

• English: nun
• Scots: nun

Middle French

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

1. noon; midday

Norman

Etymology

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

1. (Jersey) nun

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

nonne

Wikipedia ^no

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)

1. a nun

References

• “nonne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

nonne

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse nunna and Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f (definite singular nonna, indefinite plural nonner, definite plural nonnene)

1. a nun

References

• “nonne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.