couvent

Meaning

Concepts

convent

monastery

cloister

nunnery

abbey

convent school

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ku.vɑ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuvent, covent, cuvenz, from Latin conventus. Doublet of convent.

New
couver

  1. to brood (an egg)
  2. to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle
  3. to plot, hatch, scheme

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