nano

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnænəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ænəʊ

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, archived from the original on 10 December 2020:

     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.

nano (not comparable)

1. Clipping of nanoscale.
   • 2021 November 15, “Nanomaterial 'aerographene' used to create extremely powerful pumps”, in Phys.org‎^[2], archived from the original on 22 October 2025:

     "Aerographene" owes this ability to its unique structure at the nano level.

2. Clipping of nanotechnological.

• non-nano

• (nanotechnology): OED 2003

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

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

nano

1. neuter singular of nanu

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

• IPA^(key): /nano/ [na.no]
• Rhymes: -ano, -o
• Hyphenation: na‧no

nano (comparative nanoago, superlative nanoen, excessive nanoegi)

1. dwarf, miniature, minuscule

   Synonym: txatxar

nano inan or anim

1. (animate) dwarf, midget

   Synonym: ipotx

2. (inanimate, astronomy) dwarf star

• “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

Variant of nan.

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

nano m (plural nanos, feminine nana, feminine plural nanes)

1. synonym of nen (“boy”)
   • 2019 October 16, Manuel Jabois, “Barcelona no crema bé, viatge al final de la nit”, in El País‎^[3]:

     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)

2. buddy, kiddo

• “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], April 2007
• “nano”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From Latin nānus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnano/

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: na‧no

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

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

nano

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

   Synonym: (Pulaar) rewo

nano

1. (Pular) left

   koyngal nanal ngal ― the left leg

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

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

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

• Audio:

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

1. dwarfish

nano m (plural nani, feminine nana)

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

• nanerottolo

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

• Nona, anno, nona, ànno

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.noː]

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

nānō

1. dative/ablative singular of nānus

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

nano

1. (interrogative) what

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

nano

1. breast

Cognates include Minica Huitoto nano and Nüpode Huitoto nano.

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

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.

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[4] (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.‎^[5], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 330

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

nano

1. first-person singular present indicative of nanar

Clipping of enano (“dwarf”).

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

nano m (plural nanos)

1. man, dude

nano

1. again, once more