nun 1 (n n)n. A woman who belongs to a religious order or congregation devoted to active service or meditation, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. [Middle English, from Old English nunne and from Old French nonne, both from Late Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus, tutor, monk.] |
nun 2 (n n)n. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet. [Mishnaic Hebrew nûn, of Phoenician origin; see nwn in Semitic roots.] |
nun1
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a female member of a religious order
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (sometimes capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon usually having a black-and-white plumage with a ridged peak or cowl of short white feathers
[Old English nunne, from Church Latin nonna, from Late Latin: form of address used for an elderly woman]
nunlike adj
nun2
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (נ or, at the end of a word, ן), transliterated as n
nun - Derived from Latin nonna, the feminine of nonnus, "monk," originally a title given to an elderly person.
See also related terms for monk.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  nun - a woman religious religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience Sister - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God" |
| 2. |  nun - a buoy resembling a cone buoy - bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards | |
| 3. | nun - the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
nun
noun sister, Bride of Christ He was taught by the Catholic nuns
Translations
nun
n → Nonne f
n nun [nan]
a member of a female religious community. non راهِبَه монахиня jeptiška nonne die Nonne καλόγρια monja, religiosa nunn راهبه nunna religieuse נְזִירָה सन्यासिन, बैरागिन opatica,koludrica apáca suster nunna suora, monaca 尼 수녀 vienuolė mūķene biarawati nou nonne zakonnica freira călugăriţă монахиня mníška nuna kaluđerica nunna นางชี rahibe 尼姑, 修女 черниця, монахиня راہبہ ni cô 尼姑, 修女
n nunnery
a house in which a group of nuns live; a convent. abdy دَيْر للراهِبات женски манастир klášter (ženský) nonnekloster das Nonnenkloster γυναικείο μοναστήρι convento nunna-klooster صومعه nunnaluostari couvent מִנזָר נָשִׁים भिक्षुणी-विहार, मठ ženski samostan (apáca)zárda biara nunnuklaustur convento, monastero 尼僧院 수녀원 moterø vienuolynas sieviešu klosteris biara vrouwenklooster nonnekloster klasztor żeński convento mănăstire (de maici) женский монастырь kláštor (ženský) nunski samostan manastir nunnekloster บ้านพักหรือที่อยู่ของเเม่ชี kadınlar manastırı 尼姑庵 жіночий монастир راہبات خانہ nữ tu viện 尼姑庵
nun → راهبة jeptiška nonne Nonne μοναχή monja nunna nonne časna sestra suora 尼僧 수녀 non nonne zakonnica freira монахиня nunna แม่ชี rahibe nữ tu sỹ 修女
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