wanna

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nə/, /ˈwʌnə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnə

Written form of a reduction of want a, used informally in most English dialects.

wanna

1. Eye dialect spelling of want a.

   I wanna puppy!

Written form of a reduction of want to, used informally in most English dialects.

wanna

1. Eye dialect spelling of want to.

   I wanna go home!

Much more common in first and second person and third person plural (“I wanna”, “you wanna”, "we wanna", etc.) than in third person singular (“he wanna”, “she wanna”), and subjectively judged as flatly incorrect for third person.[1] However, all forms find some use, particularly in song lyrics.

Rejection of third person singular affirmative *“he wanna” and *“she wanna” can be explained by “want to” reducing to wanna, but “wants to” not doing so, instead being pronounced approximately as “wants ta”. This objection does not arise in the negative (“he doesn’t wanna”, “she doesn’t wanna”), due to the absence of -s in the negative: “he does not want to”, “she does not want to”, and these forms are both common and unobjectionable.

• wanna contraction

• gonna
• gotta

Borrowed from Latin vannus.

wanna f

1. tub

• German: Wanne

Borrowing from early Modern High German Wanne or its Middle High German etymon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.na/

wanna f

1. bath, bathtub

• (adjective) wannowy

• wanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN