nano

English Online Dictionary. What means nano‎? What does nano mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnænəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ænəʊ

Noun

nano (countable and uncountable, plural nanos)

1. (uncountable, often attributive) Clipping of nanotechnology.
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]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: na‧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.no]
• Rhymes: -ano, -o
• Hyphenation: na‧no

Adjective

nano (comparative nanoago, superlative nanoen, excessive nanoegi)

1. dwarf, miniature, minuscule

   Synonym: txatxar

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

nano inan or anim

1. (animate) dwarf, midget

   Synonym: ipotx

2. (inanimate, astronomy) dwarf star

Declension

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, feminine plural nanes)

1. (colloquial) synonym of nen (“boy”)

Further reading

• “nano”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “nano”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

• 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

Fula

Noun

nano

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

   Synonym: (Pulaar) rewo

Adjective

nano

1. (Pular) left

   koyngal nanal ngal ― the left leg

Declension

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

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]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.no]

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

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Pronunciation

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

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

• 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