nonché

See also: nonchè

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of non +‎ che.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nonˈke/*, /ˌnon.ke/*[1]
  • Rhymes: -e, -onke
  • Hyphenation: non‧ché

Conjunction

nonché

  1. (literary) not only, let alone
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      […] spero trovar pietà, nonché perdono.
      I hope to find not only forgiveness, but also pity.
  2. as well as

References

  1. ^ nonché in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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