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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)

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

   Antonyms: brother, friar, monk, frater

2. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
3. (archaic, Britain, slang) A prostitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
4. 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)

1. 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

1. not, no (used to make negatives)

Etymology 2

Contraction

nun

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

Bambara

Noun

nun

1. (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

1. grave, burial place
2. cache

Esperanto

Etymology

From German nun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/
• Hyphenation: nun

Adverb

nun

1. now

Derived terms

Fala

Adverb

nun

1. Alternative form of non

Finnish

Noun

nun

1. 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)

1. 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

1. now, at this moment
2. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence

3. 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

1. now, well, so

Etymology 2

Clipping of nun daß or nun da.

Conjunction

nun

1. (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

1. 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

1. 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)

1. nun, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?/?
   3. The name of the Arabic-script letter ?

Mirandese

Adverb

nun

1. not

Old French

Etymology 1

See nom.

Noun

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of nom

Etymology 2

Reduced form of negun.

Adjective

nun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nune)

1. Alternative form of negun

Pronoun

nun

1. Alternative form of negun

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????? (nun) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

Compare Bengali ??? (nun).

Noun

nun (Hanifi spelling ????????????)

1. salt

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonnus.

Noun

nun m (plural nuni, feminine equivalent nun?)

1. 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

1. not

Tat

Etymology

Akin to Persian ???? (n?n, “bread”), see there for more.

Noun

nun

1. bread

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (n?n).

Noun

nun

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ?

• • Previous: ??
  • Next: ??

Volapük

Noun

nun (nominative plural nuns)

1. message

Declension

Wolof

Alternative forms

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

Pronoun

nun

1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

See also

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nun]
• Hyphenation: nun

Noun

nun m

1. Alternative form of nan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and therefore a doublet of chalumeau and shawm), or alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is either a compound of canna + mellis.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) and (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?kæ?.?.m?l/, /?kæ?.?.m?l/, or IPA^(key): /?kæ.??.m?l/, /?kæ.??.m?l/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?k??.?.m?l/, /?k??.?.m?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.m?l/, /?k??.?.m?l/

Noun

caramel (countable and uncountable, plural caramels)

1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
3. (color) A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

Usage notes

Both the two syllable and the three syllable pronunciations are very common in all regions of the United States. The three-syllable pronunciation is more common than the two-syllable one in the South (excluding western Texas), northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and New England, while the two-syllable one is more common in other regions.

Derived terms

• caramel fuel
• caramelise, caramelize

Translations

See also

• fudge, toffee

Adjective

caramel (not comparable)

1. Of a yellow-brown color.
   • 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA

     Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.

Verb

caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle caramelling or carameling, simple past and past participle caramelled or carameled)

1. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
   • 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book

     To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.

Further reading

• caramel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Maracle, cameral, ceramal, maceral, reclama

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k?.???m?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.?a?m?l/

Noun

caramel m (plural caramels)

1. caramel (sticky confection made by heating sugar)
2. candy, sweet

Further reading

• “caramel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, probably from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore doublet of the inherited chalumeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?a.m?l/

Noun

caramel m (plural caramels)

1. caramel, fudge

Derived terms

• caraméliser

Descendants

Further reading

• “caramel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• calmera, clamera, réclama

Romanian

Etymology

From French caramel.

Noun

caramel n (plural carameluri)

1. caramel

Declension