nano

See also: ñaño, nano-, -nano, nanó-, and Nan'ō

English

Etymology

From nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnænəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ænəʊ

Noun

nano (countable and uncountable, plural nanos)

1. (uncountable, often attributive) Clipping of nanotechnology.
   • 2012 May 22, Jacy Meyer, “To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano”, in The International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Czech government is actively supporting the nano industry through the participation of ministries and universities in research and development programs.

2. (countable, science fiction) A nanotechnological device, such as a computer
3. (countable, science fiction) A nanoscale device, such as a robot
4. (countable) Clipping of nanosecond.
5. (countable) Clipping of nanometre.

Adjective

nano (not comparable)

1. Clipping of nanoscale.
2. Clipping of nanotechnological.

Derived terms

• non-nano

References

• (nanotechnology): OED 2003

Anagrams

• 'onna, Anon, Nona, OANN, Onan, anon, anon., nona-, onna

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnano/ [ˈna.no]

Adjective

nano

1. neuter singular of nanu

Basque

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque, from Latin nānus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nano/, [na.no̞]

Adjective

nano (comparative nanoago, superlative nanoen, excessive nanoegi)

1. dwarf, miniature, minuscule

   Synonym: txatxar

Declension

Declension of nano (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		nano	nanoa	nanoak
ergative		nanok	nanoak	nanoek
dative		nanori	nanoari	nanoei
genitive		nanoren	nanoaren	nanoen
comitative		nanorekin	nanoarekin	nanoekin
causative		nanorengatik	nanoarengatik	nanoengatik
benefactive		nanorentzat	nanoarentzat	nanoentzat
instrumental		nanoz	nanoaz	nanoez
inessive	anim	nanorengan	nanoarengan	nanoengan
	inan	nanotan	nanoan	nanoetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	nanotako	nanoko	nanoetako
allative	anim	nanorengana	nanoarengana	nanoengana
	inan	nanotara	nanora	nanoetara
terminative	anim	nanorenganaino	nanoarenganaino	nanoenganaino
	inan	nanotaraino	nanoraino	nanoetaraino
directive	anim	nanorenganantz	nanoarenganantz	nanoenganantz
	inan	nanotarantz	nanorantz	nanoetarantz
destinative	anim	nanorenganako	nanoarenganako	nanoenganako
	inan	nanotarako	nanorako	nanoetarako
ablative	anim	nanorengandik	nanoarengandik	nanoengandik
	inan	nanotatik	nanotik	nanoetatik
partitive		nanorik	—	—
prolative		nanotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• nanotu (“to dwarf”)

Noun

nano inan or anim

1. (animate) dwarf, midget

   Synonym: ipotx

2. (inanimate, astronomy) dwarf star

Declension

Declension of nano (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		nano	nanoa	nanoak
ergative		nanok	nanoak	nanoek
dative		nanori	nanoari	nanoei
genitive		nanoren	nanoaren	nanoen
comitative		nanorekin	nanoarekin	nanoekin
causative		nanorengatik	nanoarengatik	nanoengatik
benefactive		nanorentzat	nanoarentzat	nanoentzat
instrumental		nanoz	nanoaz	nanoez
inessive	anim	nanorengan	nanoarengan	nanoengan
	inan	nanotan	nanoan	nanoetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	nanotako	nanoko	nanoetako
allative	anim	nanorengana	nanoarengana	nanoengana
	inan	nanotara	nanora	nanoetara
terminative	anim	nanorenganaino	nanoarenganaino	nanoenganaino
	inan	nanotaraino	nanoraino	nanoetaraino
directive	anim	nanorenganantz	nanoarenganantz	nanoenganantz
	inan	nanotarantz	nanorantz	nanoetarantz
destinative	anim	nanorenganako	nanoarenganako	nanoenganako
	inan	nanotarako	nanorako	nanoetarako
ablative	anim	nanorengandik	nanoarengandik	nanoengandik
	inan	nanotatik	nanotik	nanoetatik
partitive		nanorik	—	—
prolative		nanotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “nano”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “nano”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Variant of nan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈna.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈna.no]

Noun

nano m (plural nanos, feminine nana)

1. (colloquial) Synonym of nen (“boy”)
   • 2019 October 16, Manuel Jabois, “Barcelona no crema bé, viatge al final de la nit”, in El País‎^[2]:

     Un grup de manifestants, liderat per nanos emboçats i amb el cap cobert per caputxes de dessuadora fosca i, a 50 metres, una filera de Mossos quiets, parapetats en escuts.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “nano” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nano”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈnano/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: na‧no

Noun

nano (accusative singular nanon, plural nanoj, accusative plural nanojn)

1. dwarf, pygmy
2. (astronomy) dwarf star (star of relatively small size)

Derived terms

• blanka nano
• bruna nano
• glacia nano
• nana
• naneco
• nigra nano
• ruĝa nano

Fula

Noun

nano

1. (Pular, Pulaar) left
2. (Pular) north

   Synonym: (Pulaar) rewo

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: nà‧no

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

nano (feminine nana, masculine plural nani, feminine plural nane)

1. dwarfish

Noun

nano m (plural nani, feminine nana)

1. dwarf, midget
2. (mythology) dwarf
3. (informal, often offensive) shorty (etc.)

Derived terms

• nanerottolo

Further reading

• nano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Nona, anno, nona, ànno

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.noː/, [ˈnäːnoː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.no/, [ˈnäːno]

Noun

nānō

1. dative/ablative singular of nānus

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Pronoun

nano

1. (interrogative) what

Meriam

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nano

1. breast

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto nano and Nüpode Huitoto nano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnanɔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧no

Adverb

nano

1. first
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.

     Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 188
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 330

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.nu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
• Hyphenation: na‧no

Verb

nano

1. first-person singular present indicative of nanar

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of enano (“dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnano/ [ˈna.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: na‧no

Noun

nano m (plural nanos)

1. man, dude

Tocharian B

Adverb

nano

1. again, once more