hermit

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• General-American: /ˈhɝmɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːmɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 M AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Doublet of eremite. Displaced native Old English ānsetla.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kluisenaar — religious recluse; eremite
• Arabic: رَاهِب (rāhib) — religious recluse; eremite
• Armenian: անապատական (anapatakan) — religious recluse; eremite
• Armenian: ճգնավոր (čgnavor) — religious recluse; eremite
• Belarusian: пустэ́льнік (pustélʹnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Belarusian: самотнік (samótnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Bulgarian: отшелник (otšelnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Catalan: ermità — religious recluse; eremite
• Chinese Mandarin: 隐士 (yǐnshì) — religious recluse; eremite
• Czech: poustevník — religious recluse; eremite
• Dutch: kluizenaar — religious recluse; eremite
• Esperanto: ermito — religious recluse; eremite
• Estonian: erak — religious recluse; eremite
• Estonian: üksiklane — religious recluse; eremite
• Estonian: eremiit — religious recluse; eremite
• Finnish: erakko — religious recluse; eremite
• French: ermite — religious recluse; eremite
• French: ermitane — religious recluse; eremite
• Galician: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Galician: ermitán — religious recluse; eremite
• Galician: ermitá — religious recluse; eremite
• Galician: anacoreta — religious recluse; eremite
• German: Einsiedler — religious recluse; eremite
• German: Eremit — religious recluse; eremite
• German: Klausner — religious recluse; eremite
• Greek: ερημίτης (erimítis) — religious recluse; eremite
• Ancient Greek: ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs) — religious recluse; eremite
• Hebrew: נזיר (nazir) — religious recluse; eremite
• Hungarian: remete — religious recluse; eremite
• Icelandic: einsetumaður — religious recluse; eremite
• Icelandic: einsetumunkur — religious recluse; eremite
• Indonesian: resi — religious recluse; eremite
• Irish: ancaire — religious recluse; eremite
• Italian: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Italian: anacoreta — religious recluse; eremite
• Japanese: 仙人 (sennin) — religious recluse; eremite
• Javanese: pandhita — religious recluse; eremite
• Khmer: ឥសិ (ʼiseʼ) — religious recluse; eremite
• Khmer: តាបស (taabɑh) — religious recluse; eremite
• Latin: inclūsus — religious recluse; eremite
• Macedonian: о́тшелник (ótšelnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Macedonian: пу́стиник (pústinik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Māori: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Norwegian: eremitt — religious recluse; eremite
• Old English: ānsetla — religious recluse; eremite
• Persian: راهب — religious recluse; eremite
• Polish: anachoreta — religious recluse; eremite
• Polish: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Polish: pustelnik — religious recluse; eremite
• Polish: pustelnica — religious recluse; eremite
• Polish: pustelniczka — religious recluse; eremite
• Portuguese: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Portuguese: ermitão — religious recluse; eremite
• Russian: отше́льник (otšélʹnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Russian: затво́рник (zatvórnik) — religious recluse; eremite
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaran — religious recluse; eremite
• Sicilian: rimitu — religious recluse; eremite
• Slovak: pustovník — religious recluse; eremite
• Slovak: eremita — religious recluse; eremite
• Slovak: anachorét — religious recluse; eremite
• Slovak: anachoréta — religious recluse; eremite
• Spanish: ermitaño — religious recluse; eremite
• Swedish: eremit — religious recluse; eremite
• Thai: นักบวช (nák-bùuat) — religious recluse; eremite
• Turkish: keşiş — religious recluse; eremite
• Ukrainian: пусте́льник (pustélʹnyk) — religious recluse; eremite
• Vietnamese: nhà ẩn dật — religious recluse; eremite
• Vietnamese: ẩn sĩ — religious recluse; eremite
• Afrikaans: kluisenaar — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Armenian: անապատական (anapatakan) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Armenian: ճգնավոր (čgnavor) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Belarusian: адзіно́тнік (adzinótnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Belarusian: само́тнік (samótnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Belarusian: самотніца (samótnica) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Belarusian: адзінотніца (adzinótnica) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Bulgarian: отше́лник (otšélnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Catalan: eremita — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Chinese Mandarin: 隱士 /隐士 (yǐnshì) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Czech: poustevník — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Dutch: kluizenaar — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Esperanto: dezertulo — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Estonian: erak — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Estonian: üksiklane — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Finnish: erakko — recluse; someone who lives alone
• French: ermite — recluse; someone who lives alone
• German: Einsiedler — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Greek: ερημίτης (erimítis) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Ancient Greek: ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Ancient Greek: μονότροπος (monótropos) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Hungarian: remete — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Icelandic: einsetumaður — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Ingrian: erikko — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Irish: ancaire — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Italian: eremita — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Japanese: 仙人 (sennin) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Japanese: 隠者 (inja) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Khmer: វិវេកជន (vĭvékchôn) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Korean: 은자 (eunja) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Latin: inclūsus — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Macedonian: отшелник (otšelnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Māori: moke — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Old English: ānsetla — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Persian: گوشهگیر (guše-gir) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: odludek — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: pustelnik — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: pustelnica — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: pustelniczka — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: samotnik — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: samotnica — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Polish: samotniczka — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Portuguese: eremita — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Portuguese: ermitão — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Russian: отше́льник (otšélʹnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Russian: затво́рник (zatvórnik) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaran — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Serbo-Croatian: pustinjak — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Sicilian: rimitu — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Slovak: pustovník — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Spanish: ermitaño — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Spanish: botarga — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Swedish: enstöring — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Ukrainian: самі́тник (samítnyk) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Ukrainian: само́тник (samótnyk) — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Vietnamese: nhà ẩn dật — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Vietnamese: ẩn sĩ — recluse; someone who lives alone
• Catalan: colibrí ermità — bird
• Finnish: erakkokolibri — bird
• Navajo: tsintah dahiitį́hii — bird
• Spanish: ermitaño — bird