nonché
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See also: nonchè
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- nonchè (misspelling)
Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of non + che.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]nonché
- (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.
- as well as
References
[edit]- ^ nonché in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)