"nano" meaning in Italian

See nano in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈna.no/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-nano.wav Forms: nana [feminine], nani [masculine, plural], nane [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ano Etymology: From Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|nānus}} Latin nānus, {{der|it|grc|νᾶνος}} Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos) Head templates: {{it-adj}} nano (feminine nana, masculine plural nani, feminine plural nane)
  1. dwarfish
    Sense id: en-nano-it-adj-BWG-srC1

Noun

IPA: /ˈna.no/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-nano.wav Forms: nani [plural], nana [feminine]
Rhymes: -ano Etymology: From Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|nānus}} Latin nānus, {{der|it|grc|νᾶνος}} Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} nano m (plural nani, feminine nana)
  1. dwarf, midget Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nano-it-noun-VE0-i~2L
  2. (mythology) dwarf Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nano-it-noun-mig~0BKw Categories (other): Mythology, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Fairy tale Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 28 53 9 Disambiguation of Fairy tale: 0 29 44 27 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. (informal, often offensive) shorty (etc.) Tags: informal, masculine, offensive, often
    Sense id: en-nano-it-noun-5dOT3h4T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nanerottolo

Inflected forms

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