nanny

Other forms of nanny

plural

nannies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nanny

What does nanny mean?

nanny means "a woman who is the custodian of children". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nanny?

nanny has 2 syllables: nan-ny. The stress falls on "nan". In IPA it is /ˈnæni/.

What is another word for nanny?

Close synonyms include nursemaid, nurse, nanny-goat, she-goat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nanny a common word?

nanny is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.