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nen
English
Pronoun
nen
- (Tyneside) none
Anagrams
- NNE
Abinomn
Noun
nen
- elder brother
Ainu
Etymology
From ne (“interrogatory root”) +? n (“person”). See nep, nekon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ne?n]
Pronoun
nen (Kana spelling ??)
- (interrogative) who
Synonyms
- hunna
See also
Catalan
Alternative forms
- nin (“Mallorca”)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ninus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?n?n/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?n?n/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?nen/
Noun
nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)
- boy, male child
Further reading
- “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nen” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Noun
nen
- ceiling
References
- http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/
Dutch
Article
nen
- (Brabant) Alternative form of ne
Usage notes
See usage notes at ne.
German
Article
nen
- Nonstandard form of 'n.
Japanese
Romanization
nen
- R?maji transcription of ??
Ladin
Pronoun
nen
- some
Mandarin
Romanization
nen (Zhuyin ???)
- Nonstandard spelling of nèn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle Low German
Etymology
Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ê²
- (originally) IPA(key): /n??n/
Article
nên
- no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra?ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
- Gy ?ynt de ?node?te vn? de grote?te thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn? ik hebbe nene? min?che? ny ghe?een noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ?echt heft.
- You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.
- Gy ?ynt de ?node?te vn? de grote?te thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn? ik hebbe nene? min?che? ny ghe?een noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ?echt heft.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra?ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- n?n
Etymology
Blend of ne (“not”) +? ?n (“one”). Akin to Old English n?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ne?n/, [?n??n]
Determiner
n?n
- no, not one
Pronoun
n?n
- none, no-one, nobody
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: neen, naan
- West Frisian: neen
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin nec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?/
Adverb
nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- Nen ela outro??i anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q? nõ rogue de coraçõ
- Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily
- Nen ela outro??i anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q? nõ rogue de coraçõ
Conjunction
nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- Porend a ?ant e?critura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn? miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ?anta maria.
- However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.
- Porend a ?ant e?critura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn? miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ?anta maria.
Descendants
- Fala: nin
- Galician: nin
- Portuguese: nem
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English name.
Noun
nen
- name
Derived terms
- deinen
Volapük
Preposition
nen
- without
Welsh
Noun
nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)
- heaven
Synonyms
- nef
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nun
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”), 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
- enPR: n?n, IPA(key): /n?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophone: none
Noun
nun (plural nuns)
- 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
- Antonyms: brother, friar, monk, frater
- (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A prostitute.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Usage notes
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, the latter being more active, doing work such as operating hospitals, caring for the poor, or teaching.
Derived terms
- nunhood
- nunlike, nun-like
- nunnery
Related terms
- (member of a religious community): nonnus
- (prostitute): abbess, abbot, Covent Garden nun
Translations
Further reading
- Nun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Borrowed from the letter’s name in the respective language.
Alternative forms
- noon
- n?n
Pronunciation
- enPR: n??n, IPA(key): /n?n/ or enPR: no?on, IPA(key): /nu?n/
Noun
nun (plural nuns)
- The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
Further reading
- Nun (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “nun”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Asturian
Alternative forms
- ñun (adverb)
Etymology 1
From Latin n?n.
Adverb
nun
- not, no (used to make negatives)
Etymology 2
Contraction
nun
- in a/an (contraction of en + un)
Bambara
Noun
nun
- (anatomy) nose
References
- Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Chiricahua
Alternative forms
- non (in older Americanist literature)
Etymology
Cognates: Navajo noo?, Western Apache non, noi, Plains Apache n??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nòn/
Noun
nun
- grave, burial place
- cache
Esperanto
Etymology
From German nun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nun/
- Hyphenation: nun
Adverb
nun
- now
Derived terms
Fala
Adverb
nun
- Alternative form of non
Finnish
Noun
nun
- nun (fourteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Galician
Etymology
From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article un (“a, one”)
Contraction
nun m (feminine nunha, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural nunhas)
- in a, in one
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu?n/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German nu, n?, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *n?.
Alternative forms
- nu (colloquial; otherwise archaic)
Adverb
nun
- now, at this moment
- now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence
- unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis
Usage notes
- 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
nun
- now, well, so
Etymology 2
Clipping of nun daß or nun da.
Conjunction
nun
- (literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that?…
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (n?n).
Noun
nun f
- nun (letter of the Arabic alphabet)
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto nun, German nun. Originally replaced with nunk, it was eventually taken back.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nun/
Adverb
nun
- now, at present, at this time
- Synonym: nunk (archaic)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew ????? (nun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nun/
- Hyphenation: nùn
Noun
nun f (invariable)
- nun, specifically:
- The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
- The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?/?
- The name of the Arabic-script letter ?
Mirandese
Adverb
nun
- not
Old French
Etymology 1
See nom.
Noun
nun m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural nun)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of nom
Etymology 2
Reduced form of negun.
Adjective
nun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nune)
- Alternative form of negun
Pronoun
nun
- Alternative form of negun
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- ????????????? (nun) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology
Compare Bengali ??? (nun).
Noun
nun (Hanifi spelling ????????????)
- salt
Romanian
Etymology
From Late Latin nonnus.
Noun
nun m (plural nuni, feminine equivalent nun?)
- the godfather at a wedding
Declension
Derived terms
- na?
See also
- nunt?
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- non, unn, 'un, nn'
Etymology
From Latin n?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nun/
Adverb
nun
- not
Tat
Etymology
Akin to Persian ???? (n?n, “bread”), see there for more.
Noun
nun
- bread
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (n?n).
Noun
nun
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ?
- Previous: ??
- Next: ??
Volapük
Noun
nun (nominative plural nuns)
- message
Declension
Wolof
Alternative forms
- ñun (used alongside "nun" in Urban Wolof)
Pronoun
nun
- we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
See also
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nun]
- Hyphenation: nun
Noun
nun m
- Alternative form of nan
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