nono
Spanish, noun
nono is spelled N-O-N-O (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nono is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ninth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñoño is a different word: “the letter Ñ in the Spanish spelling alphabet”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abuelo”.
What does nono mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rareninth
noun
- 1
masculinerareninth
adjective
- 1
whiny, pathetic, namby-pamby
- 2
colloquialcharacterless, spineless
- 3
archaicsenile
- 4
nerdy
noun
- 1
masculinethe letter Ñ in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, de carácter timorato y dado al llanto o a la queja. 2. Que no produce emoción o sentimiento en la medida adecuada. 3. De corto ingenio. 4. Que ha perdido por la senectud el correcto uso de sus facultades mentales.
noun: 1. Pie desproporcionadamente grande. 2. Cualquiera de los dedos del pie.
number: 1. Variante anticuada de noveno.
noun: 1. Abuelo.
noun: 1. Variante poco usada de noni (sueño).
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 nono
- nona feminine
- nonos masculine plural
- nonas feminine plural
- ñoña feminine
- ñoños masculine plural
- ñoñas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nono
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nono in Spanish?
nono appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).