Plural of nun
regular plural
The plural of nun is nuns.
Forms of nun
| Singular | nun /nʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | nuns /nʌnz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Nuns in a sentence
- The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.From the entry abbess
- The joke about the nuns in the bath cracked me up.From the entry crack up
- The nuns prayed on the matter daily, sending flutters of devotion to the heavens.From the entry flutter
- When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author…. From the entry orange
- The priests and nuns in the camp proved that they had real strength of character.2015, Olga Lengyel, Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor’s True Story Of Auschwitz, →ISBN. From the entry ecclesiast
Meaning of nun
- noun 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.
- noun A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
- noun A prostitute.
Questions about the plural of nun
- What is the plural of nun?
- The plural of nun is nuns.
- Is nun countable?
- Nun is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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