nun

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Homophones 1.1.3 Noun 1.1.3.1 Synonyms 1.1.3.2 Antonyms 1.1.3.3 Derived terms 1.1.3.4 Related terms 1.1.3.5 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 References 2 Chiricahua 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Etymology 2.4 Noun 3 Esperanto 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adverb 4 Galician 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Contraction 5 German 5.1 Adverb 5.2 Interjection 6 Ido 6.1 Adverb 7 Korean 7.1 Noun 8 Rohingya 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Late Latin nonna "nun, tutor", originally (along with masculine form nonnus, denoting a man) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc.

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• enPR: nŭn, IPA: /nʌn/, SAMPA: /nVn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

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• none

[edit] Noun

nun (plural nuns)

1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases in a cloister.
2. By extension, member of a similar female community in other confessions

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• sister, moniale

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(member of a religious community of men)

• brother
• friar
• monk

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• nunhood
• nunlike, nun-like
• nunnery

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• nonnus

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Hebrew.

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• enPR: nŏŏn, IPA: /nʊn/, SAMPA: /nUn/ or enPR: no͞on, IPA: /nuːn/, SAMPA: /nu:n/

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nun (plural nuns)

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

[edit] References

• “nun” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] Chiricahua

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• non (in older Americanist literature)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nòn/

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

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nun

1. A grave, burial place
2. A cache

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[edit] Esperanto

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German nun.

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nun

1. now

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Contraction

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

1. in a, in one

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[edit] German

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nun

1. now; then

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nun

1. well; so

   Nun, wie geht’s? — “Well, how’s it going?”

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nun

1. now

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Noun

nun (Romanization of 눈)

1. An eye IPA: /nun/
2. A bud IPA: /nun/
3. A graduation IPA: /nun/
4. A mesh IPA: /nun/
5. Snow IPA: /nu:n/

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[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. Requires the Bengali etymon

[edit] Noun

nun

1. Salt