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Nun

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA : nʌn
  • SAMPA : nVn
  • AHD : nŭn

Noun

nun (plural nuns)

  1. A member of a religious community of women who live by certain vows.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Anglo-Saxon: nunne f, nunfǽmne f
  • Catalan: monja f
  • Dutch: non f, zuster f
  • Esperanto: monaĥino f
  • Finnish: nunna
  • French: réligieuse f, sœur f, nonne f
  • German: Nonne f
  • Italian: suora f
  • Japanese: 修道女 (しゅうどうじょ, shudoujo), 尼僧 (にそう, nisou)
    zakonnica , mniszka , siostra zakonna f
  • Slovak: mníška f, rehoľníčka f
  • Slovene: nuna f
  • Spanish: monja f

See also


Esperanto

Adverb

nun

  1. now


Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • IPA : nʊn
  • SAMPA : nUn
  • AHD : nŏŏn

Noun

nun

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ן נ.
  2. The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet, ن .

Ido

Adverb

  1. now.


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