nonne

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adverb 3.2.1 Usage notes

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

nonne f. (plural nonnes)

1. (literary) nun

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• religieuse

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

nonne f.

1. Plural form of nonna.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From non meaning "not" and -ne.

[edit] Adverb

nonne

1. (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer

   Nonne intellegis?

   Don't you understand?

   Quid? Nonne sustulisti?

   Te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne?

   Quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi?

2. (in an indirect interrogation) if not, whether not

   Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.

   Quaero a te, nonne putes.

[edit] 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 ...?

• 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