nonne
French, noun/nɔn/
nonne is spelled N-O-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonne is a French feminine noun meaning “nun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieuse”.
What does nonne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenun
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieuse.
noun: 1. Un insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des lymantridés (Lymantriidae) dont le dos des ailes est orné de motifs et lignes transversales sinueuses et de couleur foncée (en zigzag).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nonne
- nonnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonne?
- /nɔn/
- \nɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nonne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nonne in French?
nonne appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).