nanny

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See also Nanny

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æni

Noun

nanny (plural nannies)

1. A child's nurse
2. (colloquial) A grandmother.
3. A female goat

Translations

child's nurse

Armenian: դայակ (hy) (dayak) Dutch: kindermeisje (nl) n. Esperanto: vanjo (eo) French: nounou (fr) f., nourrice (fr) f., bonne d'enfants (fr) f. Greek: νταντά (el) (dadá) f.

Italian: bambinaia (it) f., babysitter (it), tata (it) f. Latvian: aukle (lv) f. Macedonian: дадилка (mk) (dádilka) f. Spanish: niñera (es) f., nana (es) f. (Latin America) Volapük: (male or female) cilikälädan (vo), (female) cilijikälädan (vo)

Verb

nanny (third-person singular simple present nannies, present participle nannying, simple past and past participle nannied)

1. (pejorative) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle. [From the mid-20th c.]

Derived terms

• nanny state
• manny (male nanny)