nunnery

See also: Nunnery

English

Etymology

From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nunnery (plural nunneries)

1. (archaic) a place of residence for nuns; a convent
2. (slang, obsolete) a brothel
   • 1601: Shakespeare, Hamlet III.i

     Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

Hypernyms

• monastery

Translations

residence for nuns

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庵堂 (zh) (āntáng), 尼姑庵 (zh) (nígū'ān)

• Esperanto: monaĥinejo
• French: couvent (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• Greek: μονή (el) (moní)
• Hungarian: apácakolostor (hu), zárda (hu)
• Irish: clochar m
• Maori: whare none
• Polish: klasztor (żeński)

brothel

• Greek: πορνείο (el) (porneío)
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• German: ^{(please verify)} Nonnenkloster (de) n
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See also

• abbess
• cloister
• convent
• nun