gonna

• gon
• gon'
• gunna
• gonner, gunner

Written form of a reduction of going to. The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌn.ə/, /ˈɡɔn.ə/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ɡən.ə/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): [ɡõ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡən.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡən.ə/
• Homophones: gunner (non-rhotic accents)

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gonna

1. (colloquial, with bare infinitive) Contraction of going to when followed by an infinitive verb: used to express a future action.
   • 1987, Stock Aitken Waterman (lyrics and music), “Never Gonna Give You Up”, in Whenever You Need Somebody, RCA Records, performed by Rick Astley:

     Never gonna give you up, / Never gonna let you down, / Never gonna run around and desert you. / Never gonna make you cry, / Never gonna say goodbye, / Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

• This spelling, like any nonstandard spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when going to has the pronunciation that gonna denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>.
• Gonna, like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when indicating a future tense (something that is bound to happen or is planned); hence “I’m gonna go now”, but not *“I’m gonna the mall.” (You have to say instead “I’m going to the mall.”)

• to (particle)
• coulda
• gotta
• shoulda
• wanna
• woulda
• I'm 'onna
• I'mma

• angon

From Late Latin gunna (“leather garment”). Compare English gown.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔn.na/

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gonna f (plural gonne)

1. skirt

• gonnellino
• minigonna