Definition/Meaning of gonna

• English - Contraction: gonna ( with bare infinitive ) Nonstandard spelling of going to when followed by an infinitive verb : used to express a future action . 1987 , Stock Aitken Waterman (writers), Rick Astley (singer), “Never Gonna Give You Up” (song), in Whenever You Need Somebody (album), RCA Records (label), refrain: Never gonna give you up , / Never gonna let you down , / Never gonna run around and desert you .…
• English - Alternative forms: gon gunna
• English - Etymology: 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 W:Phonological history of English consonants#G-dropping).
• English - Pronunciation: ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈɡʌ.nə/ , /ɡɔ.nə/ ; ( unstressed ) /ɡə.nə/ ( AAVE ) IPA (key) : /ɡõ/ ( Australia ) IPA (key) : /ɡə.nə/ Homophones: gunner ( non-rhotic accents )
• Italian - Noun: gonna