Nun

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also 1.4 Pronunciation 1.5 Noun

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

• nunnery

Translations

• Anglo-Saxon: nunne f, nunfǽmne f
• Catalan: monja f
• Esperanto: monaĥino f
• Finnish: nunna
• French: religieuse 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)
• Polish: zakonnica, mniszka, siostra zakonna f
• Slovak: mníška f, rehoľníčka f
• Slovene: nuna f
• Spanish: monja f

See also

• monk
• sister

Pronunciation

• IPA: nʊn
• SAMPA: nUn
• AHD: nŏŏn

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Noun

nun

1. The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ן נ.