nona
Portuguese, noun/ˈnõ.nɐ/
nona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grandmother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of nono. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intervalo que separa uma nota musical de outra com nove semitons e vice-versa”.
What does nona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrandmother
noun
- 1
femininenun
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of anona (“sugar apple”)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of nono
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
number: 1. feminino de nono
noun: 1. intervalo que separa uma nota musical de outra com nove semitons e vice-versa 2. fruto produzido pelas árvores do gênero Annona
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nona
- nonas plural
- 9.ª alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nona?
- Brazil /ˈnõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈno.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nona in Portuguese?
nona appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).