nonne

See also Nonne

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔnə/, [ˈnʌnə]

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

    Inflection of nonne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	nonne	nonnen	nonner	nonnerne
genitive	nonnes	nonnens	nonners	nonnernes

External links

• Nonne on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Nonne (sommerfugl) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Nonne (sommerfugl)

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French

Etymology

From Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f. (plural nonnes)

1. (literary) nun

Synonyms

• religieuse

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Italian

Noun

nonne f.

1. Plural form of nonna.

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Latin

Etymology

From non meaning "not" and -ne.

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.

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

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Middle English

Etymology

Old French none, from Medieval Latin nonna

Noun

nonne (plural nonnes)

1. a nun