# nano
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnænəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænəʊ

### Noun

nano (countable and uncountable, plural nanos)
* (uncountable, often attributive) Clipping of nanotechnology.
** 2012 May 22, Jacy Meyer, “To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano”, in The International Herald Tribune‎, →ISSN:The Czech government is actively supporting the nano industry through the participation of ministries and universities in research and development programs.
* (countable, science fiction) A nanotechnological device, such as a computer
* (countable, science fiction) A nanoscale device, such as a robot
* (countable) Clipping of nanosecond.
* (countable) Clipping of nanometre.

### Adjective

nano (not comparable)
* Clipping of nanoscale.
* Clipping of nanotechnological.

#### Derived terms

* non-nano

### References

* (nanotechnology): OED 2003

### Anagrams

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

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnano/ [ˈna.no]

### Adjective

nano
* neuter singular of nanu

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nano/, [na.no̞]

### Adjective

nano (comparative nanoago, superlative nanoen, excessive nanoegi)
* dwarf, miniature, minuscule
    Synonym: txatxar

#### Derived terms

* nanotu (“to dwarf”)

### Noun

nano inan or anim
* (animate) dwarf, midget
    Synonym: ipotx
* (inanimate, astronomy) dwarf star

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “nano”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “nano”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Variant of nan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈna.nu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈna.no]

### Noun

nano m (plural nanos, feminine nana)
* (colloquial) Synonym of nen (“boy”)
** 2019 October 16, Manuel Jabois, “Barcelona no crema bé, viatge al final de la nit”, in El País‎: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: [ˈnano]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: na‧no

### Noun

nano (accusative singular nanon, plural nanoj, accusative plural nanojn)
* dwarf, pygmy
* (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
* (Pular, Pulaar) left
* (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: /ˈna.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: nà‧no
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

### Noun

nano m (plural nani, feminine nana)
* dwarf, midget
* (mythology) dwarf
* (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: /ˈnaː.noː/, [ˈnäːnoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈna.no/, [ˈnäːno]

### Noun

nānō
* dative/ablative singular of nānus

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

nano
* (interrogative) what

## Meriam
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

nano
* breast

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto nano and Nüpode Huitoto nano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnanɔ]
* Hyphenation: na‧no

### Adverb

nano
* 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)‎ (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.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 330

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈna.nu/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
* Hyphenation: na‧no

### Verb

nano
* first-person singular present indicative of nanar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of enano (“dwarf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnano/ [ˈna.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: na‧no

### Noun

nano m (plural nanos)
* man, dude

## Tocharian B
### Adverb

nano
* again, once more