nun

(Angielski)

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.

Przeciwieństwo

brother, friar, monk, frater

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/nʌn/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: nonne

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: 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.

Koncepcje

zakonnica

mniszka

siostra zakonna

siostra

nun

pingwin

zakonnik

mnich

Synonimy

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

👩‍🍼

Tłumaczenia

Nonne

monja

nonne

monaca

suora

religieuse

non

freira

Ordensschwester

kloosterzuster

👩‍👧

sanctimonialis

καλόγρια

Klosterfrau

μοναχή

sœur

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