couvent
Meaning
-
convent, nunnery
Concepts
convent
monastery
cloister
nunnery
abbey
convent school
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ku.vɑ̃/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cuvent, covent, cuvenz, from Latin conventus. Doublet of convent.
New
couver
- to brood (an egg)
- to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle
- to plot, hatch, scheme
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