"nunnery" meaning in English

See nunnery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/ Audio: En-au-nunnery.ogg Forms: nunneries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nonnery}} Middle English nonnery, {{suffix|en|nun|ery}} nun + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} nunnery (plural nunneries)
  1. a convent.
    Sense id: en-nunnery-en-noun-3LTHiy0d
  2. (chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns. Categories (topical): Christianity, Monasticism Synonyms (residence of nuns): convent, ribat (english: Islamic) Translations (residence for nuns): دَيْر (alt: لِلرَّاهِبَات) [masculine] (Arabic), رَهْبَنَة نِسْوِيّ (rahbana niswiyy) [feminine] (Arabic), мето́х (metóh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 女修道院 (nǔ xiūdàoyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 庵堂 (āntáng) (english: generally Buddhist) (Chinese Mandarin), 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān) (english: generally Buddhist) (Chinese Mandarin), nonnenklooster [neuter] (Dutch), monaĥinejo (Esperanto), nunnaluostari (Finnish), couvent [masculine] (French), მონასტერი (monasṭeri) (Georgian), Nonnenkloster [neuter] (German), μονή (moní) (Greek), apácakolostor (Hungarian), zárda (Hungarian), clochar [masculine] (Irish), convento [masculine] (Italian), coenobium [neuter] (Latin), monastērium [neuter] (Latin), conventus [declension-4, masculine] (Latin), же́нски ма́настир (žénski mánastir) [masculine] (Macedonian), whare none (Maori), nonnerie (Middle English), nunnhīrēd [masculine] (Old English), nunnmynster [neuter] (Old English), wīfhīrēd [masculine] (Old English), klasztor (żeński) (Polish), convento [masculine] (Portuguese), mănăstire (de maici) [feminine] (Romanian), же́нский монасты́рь (žénskij monastýrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), convento [masculine] (Spanish), nunnekloster [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nunnery-en-noun-yUwPdWvh Disambiguation of Monasticism: 12 87 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 63 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 24 64 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 74 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 85 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 14 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 78 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 62 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 58 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 17 69 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 21 72 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 18 61 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 71 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 85 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 71 15 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'residence of nuns': 4 93 3 Disambiguation of 'residence for nuns': 3 94 3
  3. (humorous, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel. Tags: humorous, obsolete, slang Synonyms: brothel [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nunnery-en-noun-vc~c02uD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: monastery Related terms: abbess, cloister, convent, nun

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "nonnery"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English nonnery",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nun",
        "3": "ery"
      },
      "expansion": "nun + -ery",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nunneries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nunnery (plural nunneries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "monastery"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "abbess"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cloister"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "convent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a convent."
      ],
      "id": "en-nunnery-en-noun-3LTHiy0d",
      "links": [
        [
          "convent",
          "convent#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 63 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 64 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ery",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 74 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 71 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 85 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 73 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 70 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 76 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 72 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 69 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 78 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 68 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 78 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 62 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 58 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 70 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 80 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 80 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 69 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 64 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 70 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 72 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Middle English translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 61 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old English translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 68 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 71 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 69 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 80 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 85 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 71 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 87 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Monasticism",
          "orig": "en:Monasticism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns."
      ],
      "id": "en-nunnery-en-noun-yUwPdWvh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "monastery",
          "monastery"
        ],
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 93 3",
          "sense": "residence of nuns",
          "word": "convent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 93 3",
          "english": "Islamic",
          "sense": "residence of nuns",
          "word": "ribat"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "alt": "لِلرَّاهِبَات",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دَيْر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rahbana niswiyy",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "رَهْبَنَة نِسْوِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "metóh",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мето́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǔ xiūdàoyuàn",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "女修道院"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "generally Buddhist",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āntáng",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "庵堂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "generally Buddhist",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nígū'ān",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "尼姑庵"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nonnenklooster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "monaĥinejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "nunnaluostari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "couvent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "monasṭeri",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "მონასტერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Nonnenkloster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "moní",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "μονή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "apácakolostor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "zárda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clochar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "coenobium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "monastērium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "declension-4",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conventus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "žénski mánastir",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "же́нски ма́настир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "whare none"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "nonnerie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nunnhīrēd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nunnmynster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wīfhīrēd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "word": "klasztor (żeński)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mănăstire (de maici)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žénskij monastýrʹ",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "же́нский монасты́рь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "residence for nuns",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nunnekloster"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, page 79:",
          "text": "[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, J.T. Shipley, In Praise of England, page 194:",
          "text": "To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of brothel."
      ],
      "id": "en-nunnery-en-noun-vc~c02uD",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "brothel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-nunnery.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/En-au-nunnery.ogg/En-au-nunnery.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/En-au-nunnery.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nunnery"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ery",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "en:Monasticism"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "nonnery"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English nonnery",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nun",
        "3": "ery"
      },
      "expansion": "nun + -ery",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nunneries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nunnery (plural nunneries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "monastery"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "abbess"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloister"
    },
    {
      "word": "convent"
    },
    {
      "word": "nun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a convent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convent",
          "convent#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "monastery",
          "monastery"
        ],
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, page 79:",
          "text": "[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, J.T. Shipley, In Praise of England, page 194:",
          "text": "To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of brothel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "brothel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-nunnery.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/En-au-nunnery.ogg/En-au-nunnery.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/En-au-nunnery.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "residence of nuns",
      "word": "convent"
    },
    {
      "english": "Islamic",
      "sense": "residence of nuns",
      "word": "ribat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "لِلرَّاهِبَات",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دَيْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rahbana niswiyy",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رَهْبَنَة نِسْوِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "metóh",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мето́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǔ xiūdàoyuàn",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "女修道院"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "generally Buddhist",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āntáng",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "庵堂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "generally Buddhist",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nígū'ān",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "尼姑庵"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nonnenklooster"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "monaĥinejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "nunnaluostari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couvent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "monasṭeri",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "მონასტერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nonnenkloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moní",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "μονή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "apácakolostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "zárda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convento"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "coenobium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "monastērium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conventus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žénski mánastir",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "же́нски ма́настир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "whare none"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "nonnerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nunnhīrēd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nunnmynster"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wīfhīrēd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "word": "klasztor (żeński)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mănăstire (de maici)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žénskij monastýrʹ",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "же́нский монасты́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "residence for nuns",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nunnekloster"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nunnery"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nunnery meaning in English (7.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": dayr (li-r-rāhibāt) vs. لِلرَّاهِبَات",
  "path": [
    "nunnery"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nunnery",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.