nana
French, noun/na.na/
nana is spelled N-A-N-A (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nana is a French feminine noun meaning “chick, bird (especially when attractive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme (parfois péjoratif)”.
What does nana mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangchick, bird (especially when attractive)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme (parfois péjoratif).
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.
Forms of nana
- nanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nana?
- /na.na/
- \na.na\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nana in French?
nana appears 11 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).