LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

nōnne

nōnne (not comparable)
Classical[ˈnoːn.nɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɔn.ne]
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Meaning

  1. not comparablenot, expecting an affirmative answer
    Non sum liber? non sum apostolus? nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi?Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (I Corinthians 9:1)
    Nonne intellegis?You do understand, don't you?
  2. not comparableif not, whether not
    Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.When it should be asked of him whether he didn't consider Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, to be blessed.
    Quaero a te, nonne putes?I ask of you: don't you think so?

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

nonne?
is it not so?

non-nĕ, adv., the interrogative non, expecting an affirmative answer,
I. not?
(a). In a direct interrogation: nonne ego hic sto? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 250: nonne animadvertis? Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89: te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne? id. Caecin. 13, 37: quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi? id. Fin. 2, 3, 10 Madv. N. cr.; cf. id. ib. 5, 28, 86.—Very rarely repeated: nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos projecit ille? nonne sibi clam ...? nonne, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 8. But usually followed by non in continued questions: nonne vobis haec quae audīstis oculis cernere videmini? non illum ... videtis? non positas insidias? non, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Sull. 2, 7; id. Cat. 1, 11, 27.—
(b). In an indirect interrogation, if not, whether not: cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34.

Origins

From nōn (“not”) + -ne (“interrogative particle”).

Quick answers

What does nōnne mean in Latin?
nōnne, a adverb, means “not, expecting an affirmative answer; if not, whether not”.
How do you pronounce nōnne?
In classical Latin, [ˈnoːn.nɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnɔn.ne].