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nun

Translingual

Symbol

nun

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anong.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anong terms

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭn, IPA^(key): /nʌn/
• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /nʊn/
• Homophone: none
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

nun (plural nuns)

1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.

   Synonyms: sister, moniale, sistren, cloistress

   Antonyms: brother, friar, monk, frater
2. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.

3. (archaic, British, slang) A prostitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
4. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.

Usage notes

• In Roman Catholicism, a distinction is often drawn, especially by members of female religious orders, between nuns and sisters, the former being cloistered and devoted primarily to prayer, while the latter being more active, doing work such as operating hospitals, caring for the poor, or teaching.

Hyponyms

• See Poor Clare

Derived terms

Related terms

• (member of a religious community): nonnus
• (prostitute): abbess, abbot, Covent Garden nun

Translations

Further reading

• Nun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the letter’s name in the respective language. Doublet of nu.

Alternative forms

• noon
• nūn

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏŏn, IPA^(key): /nʊn/ or enPR: no͞on, IPA^(key): /nuːn/
• Rhymes: -ʊn, -uːn

Noun

nun (plural nuns)

1. The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

• Nun (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Pronoun

nun

1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “nun”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñun (adverb)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/ [ˈnũŋ]

Etymology 1

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

nun

1. not, no (used to make negatives)

Etymology 2

Contraction

nun

1. in a/an (contraction of en + un)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun (definite accusative nunu, plural nunlar)

1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

Further reading

• “nun” in Obastan.com.

Bambara

Noun

nún

1. (anatomy) nose

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French negun, from Latin nec unus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nœ̃/

Adverb

nun

1. (Troyen, Langrois) nobody

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[3] (in French), Troyes

Chiricahua

Alternative forms

• non (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Western Apache non, noi, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nòn/

Noun

nun

1. grave, burial place
2. cache

Chuj

Noun

nun

1. parent

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German nun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Hyphenation: nun

Adverb

nun

1. now

Derived terms

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: nun

Adverb

nun

1. alternative form of non (“no, not”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/, [ˈnun]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification^(key): nun
• Hyphenation^(key): nun

Noun

nun

1. nun (fourteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article un (“a, one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuŋ/

Contraction

nun m (feminine nunha, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural nunhas)

1. in a, in one

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːn/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nu, nū, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū.

Alternative forms

• nu (colloquial; otherwise archaic)

Adverb

nun

1. now, at this moment
2. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence

3. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis

Usage notes

• Although the adverb is similar and akin to English “now”, German nun is not commonly used in a strictly temporal sense, meaning “at this moment”. For that, see jetzt.

Interjection

nun

1. now, well, so

Etymology 2

Clipping of nun daß or nun da.

Conjunction

nun

1. (literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that …

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic نُون (nūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nún/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [nɪ́ŋ]

Noun

nun f

1. nun (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nun, German nun. Originally replaced with nunk, it was eventually taken back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/

Adverb

nun

1. now, at present, at this time

   Synonym: nunk (archaic)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew נו״ן (nun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Hyphenation: nùn

Noun

nun f (invariable)

1. nun, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤍
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter נ/ן
   3. the name of the Arabic-script letter ن

Adverb

nun

1. (Romanesco) alternative form of non

Jebero

Noun

nun

1. canoe

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian noi, from Latin nos.

Pronoun

nun

1. we

Mandarin

Romanization

nun

1. nonstandard spelling of nún
2. nonstandard spelling of nùn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mirandese

Adverb

nun

1. not

Old French

Etymology 1

See nom.

Noun

nun oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural nun)

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of nom

Etymology 2

Reduced form of negun.

Adjective

nun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nune)

1. alternative form of negun

Pronoun

nun

1. alternative form of negun

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) نٌ, نُنۡ
• (Bengali) নুন
• (Myanmar) နုန်
• (Hanifi) 𐴕𐴟𐴕 (nun)

Etymology

Compare Bengali নুন (nun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nun]

Noun

nun

1. salt

Synonyms

• nomok

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin nonnus.

Noun

nun m (plural nuni, feminine equivalent nună)

1. the godfather at a wedding

Declension

Derived terms

• naș

See also

• nuntă

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• non, unn, 'un, nn'

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/

Adverb

nun

1. not

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نان (nân).

Noun

nun

1. bread

Tat

Etymology

Akin to Persian نان (nân, “bread”), see there for more.

Noun

nun

1. bread

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نون (nûn), from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ن
   • Previous: م
   • Next: و

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun (plural nunlar)

1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

Volapük

Noun

nun (nominative plural nuns)

1. message

Declension

Wolof

Alternative forms

• ñun (used alongside "nun" in Urban Wolof)

Pronoun

nun

1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

See also

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnun]
• Hyphenation: nun

Noun

nun

1. alternative form of nan

Source: wiktionary.org