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Ninette (given Name)
Ninette is a feminine given name, which originated as a French diminutive of the name Nina. Notable people with the name include: * Ninette Dutton (1923–2007), Australian artist, broadcaster and author *Ninette Finch (born 1933), English actress *Ninette de Valois Dame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russ ... (born Edris Stannus; 1898–2001), Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet References {{Given name Feminine given names Hypocorisms Nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina (given Name)
Nina is a feminine given name with various origins and alternate spellings accordingly. Nina may also serve as a short form of names ending in "-nina/-ina", such as Clementina, Christina, or Giannina. It serves as a diminutive of the variation of the nevertheless original form of the Hebrew name Johannah, or Joanina. NÃna is an Icelandic name, while Niná is a Sami name. It also has a relation to the Spanish word "niña", which translates as "little girl", and it has several meanings in various Native American languages, such as "strong". Given name *Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), American artist * Nina Abramova (born 1949), Russian rower * Nina Avgustinovna Adolf (1903–1951), Russian botanist * Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian-Sami politician and language activist *Nina Agadzhanova (1889–1974), Soviet revolutionary, screenwriter and film director *Nina Agapova (1926–2021), Russian actress *Nina Agdal (born 1992), Danish model * Nina Ahlstedt, Finnish painter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninette Dutton
Ninette Clarice Florence Dutton (''née'' Trott) OAM (1923–2007) was an Australian artist, broadcaster and author. Early life and education Ninette Trott was born in Adelaide in 1923, the granddaughter of English portrait and landscape painter George A. J. Webb. Her father's family operated a dental practice, and her mother was a matron. She had two younger sisters. Trott attended Creveen Girls School, North Adelaide, and Woodlands before studying social science at the University of Adelaide. In the 1950s, she studied at the Ruskin School of Art. Career Trott began her career driving in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force. In the late 1940s, Dutton set up an art studio in Adelaide Hills, primarily focusing on "firing painted designs on tiles". During the 1950s, she worked in the Botany Library at Oxford. While living briefly in Kansas, Dutton began enamelling on copper. Over the following four decades, her enamel works were widely collected, and she wrote ''Beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninette Finch
Ninette Ann Finch (''née'' Iles; born 17 May 1933) is an English actress, known for being one of the most prolific television extras in the United Kingdom. After retiring from her job at a bank, she became an extra and has since appeared in over 1,000 television shows and films. Her notable roles include Augusta Longbottom in the film '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' and Annie in the Channel 4 comedy series '' Derek'' (2012–2014). Life and career Finch was born Ninette Ann Iles on 17 May 1933 in Croydon, Surrey to Francis and Helen Iles (''née'' Ridley). She married Ronald Finch in 1960 and the couple had two children, Gabrielle and Simon, the latter of whom is an actor and encouraged Finch to begin working as an extra in 1999 after she retired from her job as a cashier at HSBC and needed a hobby. She resides in Wallington, London and has four grandchildren. Finch has since established herself as one of Britain's most frequent television extras, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninette De Valois
Dame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing the Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Royal Ballet School and the touring company which became the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the "godmother" of English and Irish ballet. Life Early life and family Ninette de Valois was born as Edris Stannus on 6 June 1898 at Baltyboys House, an 18th-century manor house near the town of Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland, then still part of the United Kingdom. A member of a gentry family, she was the second daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stannus DSO, a British Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorisms
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
