bonze

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From French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from Middle Chinese 凡 (bjom, “ordinary”) + 僧 (song, “Buddhist monk”).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 和尚 (héshàng) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 僧 (sēng) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 僧人 (sēngrén) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Dutch: bonze — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Finnish: bonze — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• French: bonze — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• German: Bonze — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Hungarian: bonc — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Italian: bonzo — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Italian: monaco buddista — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Japanese: 坊主 (bōzu) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Japanese: 和尚 (oshō) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Japanese: 僧侶 (sōryo) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Japanese: 凡僧 (bonzō) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Korean: 승려 (seungnyeo) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Korean: 중 (jung) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Korean: 범승 (beomseung) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Polish: bonza — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Portuguese: bonzo — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Romanian: bonz — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Russian: бо́нза (bónza) — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Spanish: bonzo — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
• Vietnamese: nhà sư — Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia