nanny

CEFRB1

/ˈnæni/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person employed to care for children in their home.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A godmother.

Examples

  • Yanni and Skura hired a nanny to look after their children.

  • Linda became Dan's children's full-time nanny.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A grandmother.

  2. A child's nurse.

  3. A female goat.

More examples

In context

  • Tom, meet your new nanny.

  • Nannies and billies look very similar, both having dangerously sharp, curved black horns.

  • In real life, says a Democratic campaign aide, members of Congress are too nannied by staff to stride about hatching plots, one-on-one.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From nan (“grandmother; nursemaid”) + -y. The root is from nana (“grandma; nanny”), which is from nanna (“grandmother”), which is possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”). See also Proto-Brythonic *nanī, Welsh nain (“grandmother”), Galician nana (“mama”), Spanish nana (“granny; nanny; mommy; housekeeper”), Sicilian nanna (“grandma”), Italian nonna (“granny”), Late Latin nonna (“nun; tutoress; old woman”), Norman nonne (“nun”), Old French nonain (“nun”). All probably ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). (1795) It has often been assumed that the English term was originally a widespread child's word fo...