anou

Catalan

Etymology

Rebracketing of nou (la nou → l'anou)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈno̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əˈnɔw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈnɔw]
• Hyphenation: a‧nou
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Noun

anou f (plural anous)

1. nut (a hard-shelled seed)
2. walnut

Further reading

• “anou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “anou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “anou”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French à nous.

Pronoun

anou

1. us (first-person plural object pronoun)

   Synonym: nou

2. synonym of nou (“as for us”)

Usage notes

• The object pronoun is used in all positions except after a preposition. Otherwise nou is used.

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 247, XII