nanny
To serve as a nannyTo serve as a nanny.
» I am, after all, the nanny.
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2 senses(intransitive, transitive)To serve as a nanny.
(derogatory, transitive)To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.
Examples
41 sentencesI am, after all, the nanny.
We hired a nanny named Mary.
My nanny used to sing me songs.
Tom couldn't take care of the kids, so he hired a nanny.
I don't need a nanny just yet.
Origin
From nan (“grandmother; nursemaid”) + -y. The root is from nana (“grandma; nanny”), whichFrom nan (“grandmother; nursemaid”) + -y. The root is from nana (“grandma; nanny”), which is from nanna (“grandmother”), which is possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”). See also Proto-Brythonic *nanī, Welsh nain (“grandmother”), Galician nana (“mama”), Spanish nana (“granny; nanny; mommy; housekeeper”), Sicilian nanna (“grandma”), Italian nonna (“granny”), Late Latin nonna (“nun; tutoress; old woman”), Norman nonne (“nun”), Old French nonain (“nun”). All probably ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna).
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Forms
nannies, nannying, nannied, nanniedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.