monasterium

Meaning

(Late-Latin, declension-2) monastery
(Late-Latin, declension-2) cell; area used by a monk.

monastery

cenobium

μοναστήρι

Pronounced as (IPA)

[mɔ.nasˈteː.ri.ũː]

From Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium: forming places”), from μονάζειν (monázein, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζειν (-ázein, “to: forming verbs”).