Noun: nonce
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | nonce |
| Plural m | nonces |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like nonce
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nunzio (with phonetic adaptations), itself borrowed from Latin nuntius (“messenger”). See: Italian Nouns '
nunzio', Latin Nouns '
nuntius'.
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