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sistren
English
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Alternative forms
- sistern
Noun
sistren
- (archaic) plural of sister
- 1570 March 13. Will of David Tyrry Fitz Edmonde:
- My wyfe to have my dwelling house during her widowhood, that is to say, the hall, the parlor, and the small seller: to my sistren Catheryn and Ellen Tyrry their grinding in my myll during their lives, paying noo toll nor multhe money.
- 2003 April 16 (airdate). Angel (TV series), episode "The Magic Bullet"
- LORNE: Blessings and moon pies, brethren and sistren!
- 1570 March 13. Will of David Tyrry Fitz Edmonde:
Usage notes
- This form died out around the sixteenth century. Since then, it has been most often used jocularly together with brethren, as in “brethren and sistren”.
Noun
sistren (plural sistrens)
- (Rastafari) A close female friend, family member, or comrade.
Coordinate terms
- bredrin
Anagrams
- Inserts, Stiners, Strines, estrins, inserts, sestrin, sinters, sistern
Middle English
Noun
sistren
- Alternative form of sustren (plural of suster)
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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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