nan
substantivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//nan//
- Reino Unido//næn//
- Reino Unido//nɑːn//
- Estados Unidos//næn//
- Estados Unidos//nɑn//
- Nova Zelândia//nɛn//
Synonym of nursemaid.
substantivo
- 1
obsoletoSynonym of maid: a servant girl.
- 2
obsoletoSynonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
- 3
Synonym of nursemaid.
- 4
Synonym of grandmother.
We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.
Etimologia
From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.
substantivo
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Variante de naanAlternative spelling of naan.
Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
Etimologia
See at naan.
Formas
- plural
- nans