Nun

//nʌn//

Synonyms for "nun" (203 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (61)

Related words (101)

Noun(90 words)
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15 relation types

More general

5 entries

More specific

1 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

23 entries

Showing 16 of 23 words.

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

4 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

6 entries

not desires

1 entries

related to

38 entries

Showing 16 of 38 words.

Translations

169 translations across 83 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • non noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • non noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Albanian

1 entries
  • murgeshë noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Arabic

3 entries
  • رَاهِبَة noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • ن noun (Semitic letter)
  • نُون noun (Semitic letter)

Armenian

1 entries
  • միանձնուհի noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Asturian

1 entries
  • monxa noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • rahibə noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Basque

1 entries
  • moja noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • мана́шка noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • калу́герка noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • монахи́ня noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘိက္ခုနီ noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • သီလရှင် noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Catalan

2 entries
  • monja noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nun noun (Semitic letter)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 尼姑 noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 修女 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 姑子 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 尼 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 尼姑 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Czech

3 entries
  • jeptiška noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • mniška noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • řeholnice noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Danish

1 entries
  • nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Dari

1 entries
  • رَاهِبَه noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Dutch

3 entries
  • (klooster-, slot-)zuster noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • noen noun (Semitic letter)
  • non noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Erzya

1 entries
  • ськамонава noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • monaĥino noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monaĥino noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nunn noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Faroese

1 entries
  • nunna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nun noun (Semitic letter)
  • nunna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

French

4 entries
  • bonne sœur noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • moniale noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nonnain noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Galician

4 entries
  • freira noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • madre noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monxa noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monxa noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მონაზონი noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • მონაზონი noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

German

4 entries
  • Klosterschwester noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • Nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • Ordensschwester noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • Schwester noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Greek

3 entries
  • καλόγρια noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • μοναχή noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • μοναχή noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • נְזִירָה noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • נון noun (Semitic letter)

Hindi

4 entries
  • तपस्विनी noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • भक्तिन noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • मठवासिनी noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • मठवासिनी noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • apáca noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nővér noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nunna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • biarawati noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • suster noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • راهِبِه noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Irish

1 entries
  • bean rialta noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Italian

3 entries
  • monaca noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monaca noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • suora noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 修道女 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 尼 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 尼僧 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 童貞 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ជី noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Korean

2 entries
  • 비구니 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • 수녀 noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • монахиня noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Latin

2 entries
  • monacha noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nonna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Latvian

1 entries
  • mūķene noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • vienuolė noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • mnichowka noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Nonn noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • калуѓерка noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Malay

1 entries
  • rahib perempuan noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гэлэнмаа noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • гэлэнмаа noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Māori

1 entries
  • none noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Norman

1 entries
  • nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nonne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Old English

1 entries
  • nunne noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • моладзан noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Persian

2 entries
  • ن noun (Semitic letter)
  • نون noun (Semitic letter)

Polish

4 entries
  • mniszka noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • mniszka noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • nun noun (Semitic letter)
  • siostra noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • freira noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • madre noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monja noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • religiosa noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Romanian

1 entries
  • călugăriță noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Russian

3 entries
  • мона́хиня noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • мона́шка noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • нун noun (Semitic letter)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • bean-chràbhaidh noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • cailleach dhubh noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kaluđerica noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • monahinja noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • redovnica noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • časna sestra noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • manaših noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mníška noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • rehoľníčka noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nuna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • redovnica noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Spanish

3 entries
  • monja noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nun noun (Semitic letter)
  • religiosa noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sista noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nunna noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • madre noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Tajik

1 entries
  • роҳиба noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Tamil

2 entries
  • துறவி noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • துறவி noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Tetun Dili

1 entries
  • madre noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Thai

4 entries
  • ชี noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • ชี noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • แม่ชี noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • แม่ชี noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • བཙུན་མ noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • ཨ་ནི noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Tocharian A

1 entries
  • aśi noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Turkish

1 entries
  • rahibe noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • мона́хиня noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • мона́шка noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • черни́ця noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Urdu

3 entries
  • راہِبَہ noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • نون noun (Semitic letter)
  • نَن noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • راھىبە noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • راھىبە noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • monashka noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • rohiba noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bà xơ noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • ni noun (member of a non-Christian religious community of women)
  • nữ tu noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • nữ tu sĩ noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • nunn noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hikleudan noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • jikleudan noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)
  • kleudan noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Welsh

1 entries
  • lleian noun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • נון noun (Semitic letter)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who lived and worked in Calcutta, India.

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When she became a nun, she took the name Sister Teresa.

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The nun prayed and crossed herself.

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Tom thinks he knows why Mary decided to become a nun.

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