nino

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈni.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈni.no]

nino m (plural ninos)

1. doll, especially one representing a male

   Synonym: nina

• “nino”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nino”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nino” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nino” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Probably imitative of infantile language, possibly through a Vulgar Latin *ninnus. Compare Spanish niño.

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: nì‧no

nino m (plural nini)

1. (informal, hypocorism) baby

• inno, noni, onni, onni-

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnino/ [ˈn̪iː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ni‧no

nino (plural nino-nino, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈᜓ)

1. by whom, of whom, whose

   Bahay nino ito?

   Whose house is this?