German

Noun

Nonne f ‎(genitive Nonne, plural Nonnen)

1. nun
2. nun moth

Usage notes

• Among Catholics, the word Ordensschwester (or just Schwester) is usually preferred. In Catholic terminology, Nonne is often confined to nuns living in inclosure.

Declension

Synonyms

• Ordensfrau
• Ordensschwester
• Schwester

Related terms

• Nonnenkloster
• Nonnentracht

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔnə/, [ˈnʌnə]

Noun

nonne c (singular definite nonnen, plural indefinite nonner)

1. nun (member of a religious community of women)
2. nun moth, black-arched moth (Lymantria monacha)

Inflection

External links

• nonne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Nonne (sommerfugl) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f ‎(plural nonnes)

1. (literary) nun

Synonyms

• religieuse

Italian

Noun

nonne f

1. plural of nonna

Latin

Etymology

From non meaning "not" and -ne.

Adverb

nonne

1. (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer

   Non sum liber? non sum apostolus? nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi? (Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? I Corinthians 9:1)

   Nonne intellegis?

   You do understand, don't you?

   Quid? Nonne sustulisti?‎

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   Te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne?‎

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   Quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi?‎

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2. (in an indirect interrogation) if not, whether not

   Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.‎

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   Quaero a te, nonne putes.‎

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Usage notes

• In a direct interrogation:

  Nonne ego hic sto?

  Don't I stand here?

  Nonne animadvertis?

  Aren't you paying attention?

• Nonne is very rarely repeated:

  Nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos projecit ille? nonne sibi clam ...?‎

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• It is usually followed by non in continued questions:

  Nonne vobis haec quae audīstis oculis cernere videmini? non illum ... videtis? non positas insidias? non, etc.‎

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References

• nonne in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nonne in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nonne”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • is it not so: nonne?
    

Middle English

Noun

nonne (plural nonnes)

1. nun

Middle French

Noun

nonne f (plural nonnes)

1. noon; midday

Norman

Etymology

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nonne f ‎(plural nonnes)

1. (Jersey) nun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nunna

Noun

nonne m, f ‎(definite singular nonna or nonnen, indefinite plural nonner, definite plural nonnene)

1. a nun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nunna

Noun

nonne f ‎(definite singular nonna, indefinite plural nonner, definite plural nonnene)

1. a nun