monk

Betekenis (Engels)

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) A male 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. 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. A fuse for firing mines.

monnik

kloosterbroeder

Buddhist priest

Buddhist monk

entering the priesthood

holy man

Christian monk

home of a monk

cloisterer

religioner

angel fiddle fish

angel puffy fish

angel ray

angelshark

escat jueu

fiddle fish

raised doughnut

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mʌŋk/

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”).

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