Standard Lemma guide

nationette

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A very small nation or country; a microstate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: endearing, informal, often, uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of micronation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: micronation

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From nation + -ette (“used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something”).