nan
French, adverb/nɑ̃/
nan is spelled N-A-N (3 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nan is a French adverb meaning “Informal form of non ; nah, nope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nan mean in English?
adverb
- 1
informalInformal form of non ; nah, nope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Variante de non (utilisé en tant que réponse à une question fermée ou un ordre).
noun: 1. Valeur produite par le résultat d’une opération arithmétique invalide comme 0/0 et 0×∞, quand les nombres sont représentés en virgule flottante, suivant le standard IEEE 754.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nan?
- /nɑ̃/
- \nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nan in French?
nan appears 20 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).