different between nun vs cun

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 1

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan? (“to know”). Doublet of con.

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. (obsolete) To know.

Related terms

• cunning

Etymology 2

See conn, cond.

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Etymology 3

From Chinese ?.

Alternative forms

• tsun

Noun

cun (plural cuns or cun)

1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Anagrams

• NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

Azerbaijani

Noun

cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)

1. (Quba) thorn

   Synonym: tikan

Declension

Further reading

• “cun” in Obastan.com.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kun, cuon, kuon

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

cun m

1. dog

Friulian

Alternative forms

• cu

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”)

Contraction

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

1. with a, with one

Further reading

• “cun, cunha” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Istriot

Alternative forms

• cu’ (apocopic)
• con

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. (Gherdëina) with
2. (Badia) Alternative form of con

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Preposition

cun

1. with

Usage notes

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

• ?cun + ?el ? ?cul
• ?cun + ?la ? ?cuna
• ?cun + ?lu ? ?cunu
• ?cun + ?los ? ?cunos
• ?cun + ?las ? ?cunas

References

• AEDLL

Mandarin

Romanization

cun

1. Nonstandard spelling of c?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
3. Nonstandard spelling of c?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

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.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Preposition

cun

1. with

Somali

Verb

cun

1. eat