monk

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
2. In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
3. (slang) Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
4. (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
5. (slang) A judge.
6. (archaic) An inkblot.
7. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
8. The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
9. The monkfish.
10. (historical) A fuse for firing mines.

Verb

1. To be a monk.
2. To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
3. To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
4. To be intoxicated or confused.
5. (transitive) To attach so that it sticks out.

Concepts

moine

religieux

tête

monachisme

prieur

moine bouddhiste

moine Bouddhiste

bonze

monial

prêtre

Synonymes

priest

friar

Buddhist priest

brother

👨‍👦

monastic

hermit

Buddhist monk

nun

minister

ascetic

entering the priesthood

lay brother

luck

🍀

mullion

religious

sadhu

sage

saint

votary

wise man

holy man

reverend

Christian monk

home of a monk

cloisterer

religioner

angel fiddle fish

angel puffy fish

angel ray

angelshark

escat jueu

fiddle fish

angel

👼

raised doughnut

angelfish

angel shark

angler

anglerfish

boil

bonze

coenobite

conventual

donut

intellectual

Traductions

Mönch

monje

monaco

monnik

monachus

frate

👨‍👦

monge

monjo

καλόγερος

μοναχός

kloosterbroeder

keşiş

fraile

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mʌŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: monk

Hérité de ancien anglais: munuc

In summary

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Phrases

He took the fourth part and handed it to the monk .

Il a pris la quatrième partie et l'a remis au moine.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Mais il a gardé le silence, parce qu'il avait entendu ce que l'alchimiste disait au moine.