From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.

• IPA: /ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/

nunnery (plural nunneries)

1. a convent.
2. (chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns.
   • 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]:

     Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

3. (jocular, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel.

• (residence of nuns) convent, ribat (Islamic)

• French: couvent
• German: Nonnenkloster
• Italian: convento
• Portuguese: convento
• Russian: же́нский монасты́рь
• Spanish: convento

1. Surname.