nun

Other forms of nun

plural

nuns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nun

What does nun mean?

nun means "a woman religious". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nun?

nun has 1 syllable: nun. In IPA it is /ˈnʌn/.

What is another word for nun?

Close synonyms include conical buoy, nun buoy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nun a common word?

nun is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nun?

1 word rhymes with nun. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.