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nunnery

/ˈnʌnəri/

Übersetzungen

nunnerysubstantiv

nunneries

Pl.

/ˈnʌnəri/

couventSpécifique à une communauté de religieuses.

The nunnery was located on the outskirts of the town, surrounded by lush gardens.

Le couvent était situé à la périphérie de la ville, entouré de jardins luxuriants.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

bordelSens archaïque et péjoratif.

Synonyme

religious house

nunnerysubstantiv

A building or group of buildings where nuns live and work; a convent.

The nunnery was located on the outskirts of the town, surrounded by lush gardens.

An archaic slang term for a brothel.

Some scholars argue that Hamlet’s line, “Get thee to a nunnery,” was meant to evoke the image of a brothel.