nonio
Spanish, noun/ˈnonjo/
nonio is spelled N-O-N-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nonius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza que forma parte de varios instrumentos matemáticos y se aplica contra una regla o un limbo graduados…”.
What does nonio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenonius
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza que forma parte de varios instrumentos matemáticos y se aplica contra una regla o un limbo graduados, para apreciar fracciones pequeñas de las divisiones menores. 2. Escala utilizando el mismo sistema.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nonio
- nonios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonio?
- /ˈnonjo/
- [ˈno.njo]
- [ˈnonjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nonio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nonio in Spanish?
nonio appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).