nun

(Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
2. (broadly) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
3. (British, archaic, slang) A prostitute.
4. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.

Pron

Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

Απέναντι από

brother, friar, monk, frater

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/nʌn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: nonne

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: nunne

In summary

From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.

Έννοιες

καλόγρια

μοναχή

καλόγερος

μοναχός

καλογερική

καλογριά

αδελφή

αιγίθαλος ο κυανούς

αδερφή

Συνώνυμα

sister

👩‍👧

nun buoy

monk

conical buoy

religious

vestal

mullion

old woman

virgin

votaress

cloistress

religious woman

נ

anchorite

Dutch shell pigeon

brother

👨‍👦

chastity

conventual

deaconess

mother

👩‍🍼

Μεταφράσεις

Nonne

monja

nonne

suora

monaca

religieuse

non

zakonnica

freira

mniszka

Ordensschwester

kloosterzuster

👩‍👧

siostra zakonna

sanctimonialis

Klosterfrau