donnu

• ronnu (rhoticized)
• don, do', ron, ro' (apocoped)

Inherited from Latin domnus > dominus (“master, owner”), itself from domus (“a house”). Cognate with Old Italian donno. Doublet of don.

• IPA^(key): /dɔn.nu/, [dɔ.nːʊ], [ɾɔ.nːʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔnnʊ
• Hyphenation: dòn‧nu

donnu m (plural donni)

1. (obsolete) sir, master, lord
2. (obsolete) social honorary title referred to men possessing patrimonial assets
3. a title of respect to a man, especially older, prefixed to first names

• (gender): donna
• (age): carusu