English

Etymology 1
From LL. nonna "nun, tutor," originally (along with masculine form nonnus, denoting a man) a term of address to elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc.

Pronunciation
enPR|nŭn, IPA|/n�n/, SAMPA|/nVn/
rhymes|�n

Homophones
none

Noun
en-noun

1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit.

Synonyms
sister

Antonyms
italbrac|member of a religious community of men
brother
friar
monk

Derived terms
nunhood
nunlike, nun-like
nunnery

Translations
trans-top|member of a religious community of women
Anglo-Saxon: nunne f, nunfǽmne f
Catalan: monja f
Czech: jeptiška f
Dutch: non f, zuster f
Esperanto: monaĥino f
Finnish: nunna
French: nonne f, religieuse f, s�ur f,
German: Nonne f, Ordensschwester f
Hungarian: apáca
Italian: suora f, monaca f
Japanese: 修�女 (�������, shūd�jo), 尼� (���, nis�)
Korean: �� (修女, sunyeo), �구� (��尼, biguni)
trans-mid
Polish: zakonnica, mniszka, siostra zakonna f
Portuguese: freira, religiosa f
Romanian: c�lug�riţ� f
Russian: мона�ин� (moná�in'a) f, мона�ка (monáška) f
Scottish Gaelic: cailleach dhubh f, bean-chràbhaidh f
Serbian: kalu�erica f, monahinja f, redovnica f, duhovnica f
Slovak: mníška#Slovak|mníška f, rehoľní�ka#Slovak|rehoľní�ka f
Slovene: nuna f
Spanish: monja f
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Etymology 2
From He..

Pronunciation
enPR|n��n, IPA|/n�n/, SAMPA|/nUn/ or enPR|no�on, IPA|/nu�n/, SAMPA|/nu:n/

Noun
en-noun

1. The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet: � ,נ.

References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary

Category:English heteronyms
Category:English palindromes
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Chiricahua

Alternative forms
non#Chiricahua|non (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation
IPA|/nòn/

Etymology
Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Western Apache non~noi, Mescalero #Mescalero|nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Noun
nun

1. grave, burial place, cache

Category:Chiricahua nouns

Esperanto

Etymology
G.|eo #German|nun.

Adverb
infl|eo|adverb

1. now

Category:Esperanto BRO1
Category:Esperanto palindromes

German

Adverb
infl|de|adverb

1. now

Category:German palindromes

Hebrew

Pronunciation
enPR|n��n, IPA|/n�n/, SAMPA|/nUn/

Noun
infl|he|noun

1. #nun (fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
2. twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet, Ù�

Ido

Adverb
infl|io|adverb

1. now

Category:Ido palindromes

Korean

Noun
infl|ko|noun (w:Revised Romanization|Romanization of �)

1. eye
2. bud
3. mesh
4. snow

Category:Romanized Korean nouns

Mescalero

Alternative forms
non#Mescalero|non (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation
IPA|[nòn]

Etymology
Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Western Apache non~noi, Chiricahua #Chiricahua|nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Noun
nun

1. cache (something hidden in the ground)

Category:Mescalero nouns

Rohingya

Etymology
From Bengali
etystub Requires the Bengali etymon

Noun
infl|roh|noun

1. salt

br:nun
de:nun
fo:nun
fr:nun
ko:nun
io:nun
id:nun
it:nun
hu:nun
no:nun
nds:nun
pl:nun
pt:nun
ru:nun
scn:nun
fi:nun
sv:nun
ta:nun
te:nun
th:nun
vi:nun
vo:nun
zh:nun

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