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Translingual

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Symbol

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nun

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anong.

See also

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  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Anong terms

English

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Etymology 1

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: nŭn, IPA(key): /nʌn/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /nʊn/
  • Homophone: none
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

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nun (plural nuns)

  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. Synonyms: sister, moniale, sistren, cloistress Antonyms: brother, friar, monk, frater
    • 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 258:Thus, when the nuns came to the mission and we saw that instead of murmuring soft blessings and gliding seraphically over the grass in diaphanous habits, they wore smart blouses and skirts and walked, laughed and talked in low twanging tones very much like our own American missionaries did, we were very disappointed.
  2. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions. a Buddhist nun
  3. (archaic, British, slang) A prostitute.[1] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
    • 1770, Samuel Foote, The Lame Lover, a Comedy in Three Acts. […], London: […] Paul Vaillant; and sold by P[eter] Elmsly […]; and Robinson and Roberts, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 12:Why laſt night, as Colonel Kill'em, Sir William Weezy, Lord Frederick Foretop, and I were careleſsly ſliding the Ranelagh round, picking our teeth, after a damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's, who ſhould trip by but an abbeſs, well known about town, with a ſmart little nun in her ſuite.
    • 1881, Pierce Egan, chapter 8, in Life in London‎[1], page 205:"I mean to inform you," answered the Oxonian, with a grin on his face, "that those three nymphs, who have so much dazzled your optics, are three nuns, and the plump female is Mother .... of great notoriety [...]"
  4. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Usage notes
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  • In Roman Catholicism, a distinction is often drawn, especially by members of female religious orders, between nuns and sisters, the former being cloistered and devoted primarily to prayer, while the latter being more active, doing work such as operating hospitals, caring for the poor, or teaching.
Hyponyms
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  • See Poor Clare
Derived terms
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  • corporate nun
  • dry as a nun's cunt
  • dry as a nun's nasty
  • nunate
  • nunation
  • nunbird
  • nun buoy
  • nun-coloured
  • nunhood
  • nunless
  • nunlet
  • nunlike
  • nun-like
  • nunly
  • Nun Monkton
  • nun moth
  • nunnation
  • nunnery
  • nunnish
  • Nun of the Visitation
  • nunship
  • nunsploitation
  • unnun
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  • (member of a religious community): nonnus
  • (prostitute): abbess, abbot, Covent Garden nun
Translations
[edit] member of a Christian religious community of women — see also monk
  • Afrikaans: non (af)
  • Albanian: murgeshë (sq) f
  • Arabic: رَاهِبَة f (rāhiba)
  • Armenian: միանձնուհի (hy) (mianjnuhi)
  • Asturian: monxa (ast) f
  • Azerbaijani: rahibə
  • Basque: moja (eu)
  • Belarusian: мана́шка f (manáška)
  • Bulgarian: монахи́ня f (monahínja), калу́герка f (kalúgerka)
  • Catalan: monja (ca) f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 修女 (zh) (xiūnǚ), 尼姑 (zh) (nígū), 姑子 (zh) (gūzi), 尼 (zh) (ní)
  • Czech: jeptiška (cs) f, řeholnice (cs) f
  • Danish: nonne (da) c
  • Dutch: non (nl) f, (klooster-, slot-)zuster (nl) f
  • Erzya: ськамонава (śkamonava)
  • Esperanto: monaĥino
  • Estonian: nunn (et)
  • Faroese: nunna f
  • Finnish: nunna (fi)
  • French: nonne (fr) f, religieuse (fr) f, bonne sœur (fr) f, moniale (fr) f, nonnain (fr) f
  • Galician: madre (gl) f, monxa f, touquinegra f (archaic), freira f
  • Georgian: მონაზონი (monazoni)
  • German: Nonne (de) f, Ordensschwester (de) f, Klosterschwester f, Schwester (de)
  • Greek: μοναχή (el) f (monachí), καλόγρια (el) f (kalógria)
  • Hebrew: נְזִירָה f (nezirá)
  • Hindi: मठवासिनी f (maṭhvāsinī), भक्तिन (hi) f (bhaktin)
  • Hungarian: apáca (hu), nővér (hu)
  • Icelandic: nunna f
  • Indonesian: biarawati (id), suster (id)
  • Irish: bean rialta f
  • Italian: suora (it) f, monaca (it) f
  • Japanese: 修道女 (ja) (しゅうどうじょ, shūdōjo), 尼僧 (ja) (にそう, nisō), 童貞 (ja) (dōtei), (now derogatory) 尼 (ja) (あま, ama)
  • Korean: 수녀(修女) (ko) (sunyeo), 비구니(比丘尼) (ko) (biguni)
  • Kyrgyz: монахиня (monahinya)
  • Latin: nonna f, monacha f
  • Latvian: mūķene f
  • Lithuanian: vienuolė f
  • Luxembourgish: Nonn (lb) f
  • Macedonian: калуѓерка f (kaluǵerka)
  • Malay: rahib perempuan
  • Maori: none
  • Mongolian: Cyrillic: гэлэнмаа (mn) (gelenmaa)
  • Norman: nonne f
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: nonne m or f Nynorsk: nonne f
  • Old English: nunne f
  • Ossetian: моладзан (molaʒan)
  • Persian: Dari: رَاهِبَه (rāhiba) Iranian Persian: راهِبِه (râhebe)
  • Polish: zakonnica (pl), mniszka (pl) f, siostra zakonna f, siostra (pl) f
  • Portuguese: freira (pt), religiosa (pt) f, madre (pt) f, monja (pt) f
  • Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f
  • Russian: мона́хиня (ru) f (monáxinja), мона́шка (ru) f (monáška)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cailleach dhubh f, bean-chràbhaidh f
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: часна сестра f, калуђерица f, монахиња f, редовница f Roman: časna sestra (sh) f, kaluđerica (sh) f, monahinja (sh) f, redovnica (sh) f
  • Skolt Sami: manaših
  • Slovak: mníška (sk) f, rehoľníčka f
  • Slovene: nuna (sl) f, redovnica f
  • Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: mnichowka f
  • Spanish: monja (es) f, religiosa (es) f
  • Swahili: sista (sw)
  • Swedish: nunna (sv) c
  • Tagalog: madre
  • Tajik: роҳиба (rohiba)
  • Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
  • Tetun Dili: madre
  • Thai: ชี (th) (chii), แม่ชี (th)
  • Tibetan: བཙུན་མ (btsun ma)
  • Turkish: rahibe (tr)
  • Ukrainian: мона́хиня f (monáxynja), мона́шка f (monáška), черни́ця f (černýcja)
  • Urdu: راہِبَہ f (rāhiba), نَن f (nan)
  • Uyghur: راھىبە (rahibe)
  • Uzbek: rohiba (uz), monashka
  • Vietnamese: xơ (vi) (Roman Catholicism), bà xơ (vi) (Roman Catholicism), nữ tu sĩ (vi), nữ tu
  • Vilamovian: nunn f
  • Volapük: (♂♀) kleudan (vo), (♂) hikleudan (vo), (♀) jikleudan (vo)
  • Welsh: lleian (cy) f
member of a non-Christian religious community of women
  • Afrikaans: non (af)
  • Burmese: သီလရှင် (my) (sila.hrang), ဘိက္ခုနီ (my) (bhikhku.ni) (mendicant Buddhist nun)
  • Chinese: Hokkien: 尼姑 (zh-min-nan) (nî-ko͘ / lî-ko͘)
  • Czech: mniška f
  • Esperanto: monaĥino
  • Galician: monxa f
  • Georgian: მონაზონი (monazoni)
  • Greek: μοναχή (el) f (monachí)
  • Hindi: मठवासिनी f (maṭhvāsinī), तपस्विनी (hi) f (tapasvinī)
  • Italian: monaca (it) f
  • Khmer: ជី (km) (cii)
  • Mongolian: Cyrillic: гэлэнмаа (mn) (gelenmaa)
  • Polish: mniszka (pl) f
  • Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
  • Thai: ชี (th) (chii), แม่ชี (th)
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ནི (a ni)
  • Tocharian A: aśi
  • Uyghur: راھىبە (rahibe)
  • Vietnamese: ni (vi) (尼) (Buddism), nữ tu sĩ (vi) (女修士)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked
  • Georgian: (please verify) კუსი (ḳusi), (please verify) ყუსი (q̇usi)

Further reading

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  • Nun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from the letter’s name in the respective language. Doublet of nu.

Alternative forms

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  • noon
  • nūn

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: nŏŏn, IPA(key): /nʊn/ or enPR: no͞on, IPA(key): /nuːn/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊn, -uːn

Noun

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nun (plural nuns)

  1. The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
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  • Arabic: نُون m (nūn), ن (ar) (n) (letter)
  • Catalan: nun (ca) f
  • Dutch: noen (nl)
  • Finnish: nun (fi)
  • French: noun (fr) m, nun (fr) m
  • Hebrew: נון (he) m (nun)
  • Persian: نون (fa) (nun), ن (letter)
  • Polish: nun (pl)
  • Russian: нун (ru) m or n (nun)
  • Spanish: nun (es) f or n
  • Urdu: نون f (nūn)
  • Yiddish: נון m or f (nun)

See also

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  • Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

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  • Nun (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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nun

  1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

References

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  1. ^ John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902), “nun”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 76.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “nun”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnun/ [ˈnũŋ]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification: nun

Etymology 1

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From Latin nōn.

Alternative forms

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  • ñun

Adverb

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nun

  1. not, no (used to make negatives)
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  • non

Etymology 2

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Contraction

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nun

  1. in a/an (contraction of en + un)

Further reading

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  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “nun”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “nun”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

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nun (definite accusative nunu, plural nunlar)

  1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

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singular plural
nominative nunnunlar
definite accusative nunununları
dative nunanunlara
locative nundanunlarda
ablative nundannunlardan
definite genitive nununnunların
Possessive forms of nun
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunum nunlarım
sənin (“your”) nunun nunların
onun (“his/her/its”) nunu nunları
bizim (“our”) nunumuz nunlarımız
sizin (“your”) nununuz nunlarınız
onların (“their”) nunu or nunları nunları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunumu nunlarımı
sənin (“your”) nununu nunlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) nununu nunlarını
bizim (“our”) nunumuzu nunlarımızı
sizin (“your”) nununuzu nunlarınızı
onların (“their”) nununu or nunlarını nunlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunuma nunlarıma
sənin (“your”) nununa nunlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) nununa nunlarına
bizim (“our”) nunumuza nunlarımıza
sizin (“your”) nununuza nunlarınıza
onların (“their”) nununa or nunlarına nunlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunumda nunlarımda
sənin (“your”) nununda nunlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) nununda nunlarında
bizim (“our”) nunumuzda nunlarımızda
sizin (“your”) nununuzda nunlarınızda
onların (“their”) nununda or nunlarında nunlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunumdan nunlarımdan
sənin (“your”) nunundan nunlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) nunundan nunlarından
bizim (“our”) nunumuzdan nunlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) nununuzdan nunlarınızdan
onların (“their”) nunundan or nunlarından nunlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) nunumun nunlarımın
sənin (“your”) nununun nunlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) nununun nunlarının
bizim (“our”) nunumuzun nunlarımızın
sizin (“your”) nununuzun nunlarınızın
onların (“their”) nununun or nunlarının nunlarının

Further reading

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  • “nun” in Obastan.com.

Bambara

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Noun

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nún

  1. (anatomy) nose

References

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  • Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French negun, from Latin nec unus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nœ̃/

Adverb

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nun

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) nobody

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[3] (in French), Troyes

Chiricahua

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Alternative forms

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  • non (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

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Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Western Apache non, noi, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nòn/

Noun

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nun

  1. grave, burial place
  2. cache

Chuj

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Noun

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nun

  1. parent

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German nun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nun/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Hyphenation: nun

Adverb

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nun

  1. now

Derived terms

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  • ĝisnuna (“(up) until now”)
  • nuna
  • nune
  • nuntempe

Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnun/
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification: nun

Adverb

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nun

  1. alternative form of non (“no, not”)

References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 211

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnun/, [ˈnun]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification(key): nun
  • Hyphenation(key): nun

Noun

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nun

  1. nun (fourteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

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Inflection of nun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative nun nunit
genitive nunin nunien
partitive nunia nuneja
illative nuniin nuneihin
singular plural
nominative nun nunit
accusative nom. nun nunit
gen. nunin
genitive nunin nunien
partitive nunia nuneja
inessive nunissa nuneissa
elative nunista nuneista
illative nuniin nuneihin
adessive nunilla nuneilla
ablative nunilta nuneilta
allative nunille nuneille
essive nunina nuneina
translative nuniksi nuneiksi
abessive nunitta nuneitta
instructive — nunein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nunini nunini
accusative nom. nunini nunini
gen. nunini
genitive nunini nunieni
partitive nuniani nunejani
inessive nunissani nuneissani
elative nunistani nuneistani
illative nuniini nuneihini
adessive nunillani nuneillani
ablative nuniltani nuneiltani
allative nunilleni nuneilleni
essive nuninani nuneinani
translative nunikseni nuneikseni
abessive nunittani nuneittani
instructive — —
comitative — nuneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nunisi nunisi
accusative nom. nunisi nunisi
gen. nunisi
genitive nunisi nuniesi
partitive nuniasi nunejasi
inessive nunissasi nuneissasi
elative nunistasi nuneistasi
illative nuniisi nuneihisi
adessive nunillasi nuneillasi
ablative nuniltasi nuneiltasi
allative nunillesi nuneillesi
essive nuninasi nuneinasi
translative nuniksesi nuneiksesi
abessive nunittasi nuneittasi
instructive — —
comitative — nuneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nunimme nunimme
accusative nom. nunimme nunimme
gen. nunimme
genitive nunimme nuniemme
partitive nuniamme nunejamme
inessive nunissamme nuneissamme
elative nunistamme nuneistamme
illative nuniimme nuneihimme
adessive nunillamme nuneillamme
ablative nuniltamme nuneiltamme
allative nunillemme nuneillemme
essive nuninamme nuneinamme
translative nuniksemme nuneiksemme
abessive nunittamme nuneittamme
instructive — —
comitative — nuneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nuninne nuninne
accusative nom. nuninne nuninne
gen. nuninne
genitive nuninne nunienne
partitive nunianne nunejanne
inessive nunissanne nuneissanne
elative nunistanne nuneistanne
illative nuniinne nuneihinne
adessive nunillanne nuneillanne
ablative nuniltanne nuneiltanne
allative nunillenne nuneillenne
essive nuninanne nuneinanne
translative nuniksenne nuneiksenne
abessive nunittanne nuneittanne
instructive — —
comitative — nuneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nuninsa nuninsa
accusative nom. nuninsa nuninsa
gen. nuninsa
genitive nuninsa nuniensa
partitive nuniaannuniansa nunejaannunejansa
inessive nunissaannunissansa nuneissaannuneissansa
elative nunistaannunistansa nuneistaannuneistansa
illative nuniinsa nuneihinsa
adessive nunillaannunillansa nuneillaannuneillansa
ablative nuniltaannuniltansa nuneiltaannuneiltansa
allative nunilleennunillensa nuneilleennuneillensa
essive nuninaannuninansa nuneinaannuneinansa
translative nunikseennuniksensa nuneikseennuneiksensa
abessive nunittaannunittansa nuneittaannuneittansa
instructive — —
comitative — nuneineennuneinensa

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article un (“a, one”).

Alternative forms

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  • num (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnuŋ/ [ˈnũŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • Hyphenation: nun

Contraction

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nun m (feminine nunha, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural nunhas)

  1. in a, in one

Etymology 2

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Probably from or under influence of Asturian nun.

Alternative forms

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  • num (El Franco)

Adverb

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nun

  1. (Galician-Asturian) not
    • 1898, Acevedo Huelves, Boal y su Concejo, page 61:En Llanteiro nun hay mozas, en Mezà todas son veyas, en Miñagon milindrosas y en Serandías a fror d'ellas.In Llanteiro there are no girls, in Mezá they are all old, in Miñagón [they are] finicky and in Serandías [they are] the cream of the crop.
    • 1898, Marcelino Fernández Fernández, El Franco y su Concejo, page 112:As cuitas ayías, num me quitan dormir. / Condo Dios nun quer, os Santos nun podenOther people's troubles don't keep me up at night / When God doesn't want [it], the Saints cannot

Further reading

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  • “nun”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nuːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German nu, nū, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū.

Alternative forms

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  • nu (colloquial; otherwise archaic)

Adverb

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nun

  1. now, at this moment
  2. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen.We've washed up, now we must dry [the dishes]. Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land?Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country?
  3. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis Was soll das nun heißen?What's that supposed to mean now?
Usage notes
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  • Although the adverb is similar and akin to English “now”, German nun is not commonly used in a strictly temporal sense, meaning “at this moment”. For that, see jetzt.

Interjection

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nun

  1. now, well, so Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage.Well, that's a tough question.

Etymology 2

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Clipping of nun dass or nun da.

Conjunction

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nun

  1. (literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that …

Hausa

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Etymology

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From Arabic نُون (nūn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nún/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [nɪ́ŋ]

Noun

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nun f

  1. nun (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto nun, German nun. Originally replaced with nunk, it was eventually taken back.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nun/

Adverb

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nun

  1. now, at present, at this time Synonym: nunk (archaic)

Derived terms

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  • nun kande (“now when, now that”)
  • nuna (“present, actual, current, now occurring”)
  • nuna evento (“a present, current event”)
  • nuna stando (“the existing condition, status quo”)
  • nuntempa (“present day, time”)
  • nuntempe (“at the present time”)

Italian

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Etymology

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From Hebrew נו״ן (nun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnun/
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Hyphenation: nùn

Noun

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nun f (invariable)

  1. nun, specifically:
    1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤍
    2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter נ/ן
    3. the name of the Arabic-script letter ن

Adverb

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nun

  1. (Romanesco) alternative form of non

Jebero

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Noun

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nun

  1. canoe

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian noi, from Latin nos.

Pronoun

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nun

  1. we

Mandarin

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Romanization

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nun

  1. nonstandard spelling of nún
  2. nonstandard spelling of nùn

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mirandese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnũ/ [ˈnũŋ] (Central)
  • IPA(key): /ˈnũ/ [ˈnɨw̃ŋ] (Sendinese)
  • Rhymes: -ũ
  • Syllabification: nun

Etymology 1

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From an (“in”) +‎ un (“a”, masculine singular indefinite article).

Contraction

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nun m pl (plural nuns, feminine nũa, feminine plural nũas)

  1. in a, in some

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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nun

  1. alternative form of nó (“no, not”)
Usage notes
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Commonly used before verb forms.

References

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  • Moisés, Pires (2004), “nun”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 364.

Old French

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Etymology 1

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See nom.

Noun

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nun oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural nun)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of nom

Etymology 2

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Reduced form of negun.

Adjective

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nun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nune)

  1. alternative form of negun

Pronoun

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nun

  1. alternative form of negun

Rohingya

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Alternative forms

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  • (Arabic) نٌ, نُنۡ
  • (Bengali) নুন
  • (Myanmar) နုန်
  • (Hanifi) 𐴕𐴟𐴕 (nun)

Etymology

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Compare Bengali নুন (nun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nun]

Noun

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nun

  1. salt

Synonyms

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  • nomok

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin nonnus.

Noun

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nun m (plural nuni, feminine equivalent nună)

  1. the godfather at a wedding

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nun nunul nuni nunii
genitive-dative nun nunului nuni nunilor
vocative nunule nunilor

Derived terms

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  • naș

See also

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  • nuntă

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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  • non, unn, 'un, nn'

Etymology

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From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nun/, [nun], [un], [n]

Adverb

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nun

  1. not

Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian نان (nân).

Noun

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nun

  1. bread

Tat

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Etymology

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Akin to Persian نان (nân, “bread”), see there for more.

Noun

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nun

  1. bread

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نون (nûn), from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

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nun

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ن
    • Previous: م
    • Next: و

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

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nun (plural nunlar)

  1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

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singular plural
nominative nun nunlar
genitive nunning nunlarning
dative nunga nunlarga
definite accusative nunni nunlarni
locative nunda nunlarda
ablative nundan nunlardan
similative nundek nunlardek
Possessive forms of nun
1st person singular
singular plural
nominative nunim nunlarim
genitive nunimning nunlarimning
dative nunimga nunlarimga
definite accusative nunimni nunlarimni
locative nunimda nunlarimda
ablative nunimdan nunlarimdan
similative nunimdek nunlarimdek
2nd person singular
singular plural
nominative nuning nunlaring
genitive nuningning nunlaringning
dative nuningga nunlaringga
definite accusative nuningni nunlaringni
locative nuningda nunlaringda
ablative nuningdan nunlaringdan
similative nuningdek nunlaringdek
3rd person singular
singular plural
nominative nuni nunlari
genitive nunining nunlarining
dative nuniga nunlariga
definite accusative nunini nunlarini
locative nunida nunlarida
ablative nunidan nunlaridan
similative nunidek nunlaridek
1st person plural
singular plural
nominative nunimiz nunlarimiz
genitive nunimizning nunlarimizning
dative nunimizga nunlarimizga
definite accusative nunimizni nunlarimizni
locative nunimizda nunlarimizda
ablative nunimizdan nunlarimizdan
similative nunimizdek nunlarimizdek
2nd person plural
singular plural
nominative nuningiz nunlaringiz
genitive nuningizning nunlaringizning
dative nuningizga nunlaringizga
definite accusative nuningizni nunlaringizni
locative nuningizda nunlaringizda
ablative nuningizdan nunlaringizdan
similative nuningizdek nunlaringizdek
3rd person plural
singular plural
nominative nuni nunlari
genitive nunining nunlarining
dative nuniga nunlariga
definite accusative nunini nunlarini
locative nunida nunlarida
ablative nunidan nunlaridan
similative nunidek nunlaridek

Volapük

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Noun

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nun (nominative plural nuns)

  1. message
    • 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:Ko lied gretik egetobs nuni, das vomül: ‚Maria Willebrand’ in ‚Warendorf’ e söl: ‚Ing. Paul Tarnow’ in ‚Düsseldorf-Oberkassel’ edeadons sekü krigaduns.With great regret we have received the news that Miss Maria Willebrand of Warendorf and Mr. ing. Paul Tarnow of Düsseldorf-Oberkassel have died as a result of war action.

Declension

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singular plural
nominative nun nuns
genitive nuna nunas
dative nune nunes
accusative nuni nunis
vocative 1 o nun! o nuns!
predicative 2 nunu nunus

1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Wolof

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Alternative forms

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  • ñun (used alongside "nun" in Urban Wolof)

Pronoun

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nun

  1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

See also

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singular plural
subject object subject object
1st person man ma nun nu
2nd person yow la yeen leen
3rd person moom ko ñoom leen

Zazaki

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnun]
  • Hyphenation: nun

Noun

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nun m

  1. alternative form of nan

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