monastery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəstɹi/
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• US: /ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi/
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• US: /ˈmɑnəstəɹi/
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From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: manastir — building for monks
• Arabic: دَيْر (dayr) — building for monks
• Arabic: دير (dēr) — building for monks
• Arabic: دير (dēr) — building for monks
• Aramaic: דירא (dayrā, dayro) — building for monks
• Aramaic: ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā, dayro) — building for monks
• Armenian: վանք (vankʻ) — building for monks
• Asturian: monasteriu — building for monks
• Azerbaijani: monastır — building for monks
• Basque: monasterio — building for monks
• Belarusian: манасты́р (manastýr) — building for monks
• Bengali: মঠ (moṭh) — building for monks
• Bengali: আশ্রম (asrom) — building for monks
• Bengali: মন্দির (mondir) — building for monks
• Bulgarian: манасти́р (manastír) — building for monks
• Burmese: ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း (bhun:kri:kyaung:) — building for monks
• Catalan: monestir — building for monks
• Chinese Mandarin: 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn) — building for monks
• Chinese Mandarin: 僧院 (sēngyuàn) — building for monks
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺院 (sìyuàn) — building for monks
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺 (sì) — building for monks
• Chinese Mandarin: 庵 (ān) — building for monks
• Czech: klášter — building for monks
• Czech: monastýr — building for monks
• Danish: kloster — building for monks
• Dutch: klooster — building for monks
• Erzya: ськамонкудо (śkamonkudo) — building for monks
• Esperanto: monaĥejo — building for monks
• Estonian: klooster — building for monks
• Extremaduran: monastériu — building for monks
• Faroese: kleystur — building for monks
• Finnish: luostari — building for monks
• French: monastère — building for monks
• Friulian: munistîr — building for monks
• Galician: mosteiro — building for monks
• Georgian: მონასტერი (monasṭeri) — building for monks
• German: Kloster — building for monks
• Bavarian German: Klosta — building for monks
• Greek: μονή (moní) — building for monks
• Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri) — building for monks
• Ancient Greek: μονή (monḗ) — building for monks
• Hebrew: מִנְזָר (minzár) — building for monks
• Hindi: मठ (maṭh) — building for monks
• Hindi: आश्रम (āśram) — building for monks
• Hungarian: kolostor — building for monks
• Icelandic: klaustur — building for monks
• Indonesian: biara — building for monks
• Indonesian: wihara — building for monks
• Irish: mainistir — building for monks
• Italian: monastero — building for monks
• Italian: certosa — building for monks
• Japanese: 修道院 (shūdōin) — building for monks
• Japanese: 僧院 (sōin) — building for monks
• Kazakh: монастырь (monastyr) — building for monks
• Kazakh: ғибадатхана (ğibadatxana) — building for monks
• Khmer: វត្ត (vŏət) — building for monks
• Korean: 수도원 (sudowon) — building for monks
• Korean: 승원 (seung'won) — building for monks
• Northern Kurdish: xilwet — building for monks
• Northern Kurdish: peristgeh — building for monks
• Northern Kurdish: pîrozgeh — building for monks
• Northern Kurdish: dêr — building for monks
• Kyrgyz: монастырь (monastır) — building for monks
• Lao: ວັດ (wat) — building for monks
• Latin: monastērium — building for monks
• Latin: monastēriolum — building for monks
• Latvian: klosteris — building for monks
• Lithuanian: vienuolynas — building for monks
• Luxembourgish: Klouschter — building for monks
• Macedonian: манастир (manastir) — building for monks
• Malay: biara — building for monks
• Malayalam: ആശ്രമം (āśramaṁ) — building for monks
• Malayalam: ദയറാ (dayaṟā) — building for monks
• Māori: whare monaki — building for monks
• Mongolian: хийд (xiid) — building for monks
• Mongolian: хүрээ (xüree) — building for monks
• Norman: monastéthe — building for monks
• Norwegian Bokmål: kloster — building for monks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kloster — building for monks
• Occitan: monastièr — building for monks
• Old English: mynster — building for monks
• Pashto: خانقا (xānaqã) — building for monks
• Middle Persian: mānestān — building for monks
• Dari: خَانَقَاه (xānaqāh) — building for monks
• Dari: خَانِقَاه (xāniqāh) — building for monks
• Dari: دَیر (dayr) — building for monks
• Iranian Persian: خانْقاه (xânġâh) — building for monks
• Iranian Persian: خانِقاه (xâneġâh) — building for monks
• Iranian Persian: دِیر (deyr) — building for monks
• Polish: klasztor — building for monks
• Polish: monaster — building for monks
• Portuguese: mosteiro — building for monks
• Portuguese: monastério — building for monks
• Romanian: mânăstire — building for monks
• Romanian: mănăstire — building for monks
• Romansh: claustra — building for monks
• Romansh: clostra — building for monks
• Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ) — building for monks
• Sanskrit: मठ (maṭha) — building for monks
• Scottish Gaelic: manachainn — building for monks
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏настӣр — building for monks
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏моста̄н — building for monks
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁnastīr — building for monks
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁmostān — building for monks
• Slovak: kláštor — building for monks
• Slovak: monastier — building for monks
• Slovene: samostan — building for monks
• Lower Sorbian: kloštaŕ — building for monks
• Upper Sorbian: klóšter — building for monks
• Spanish: monasterio — building for monks
• Swahili: monasteri — building for monks
• Swedish: kloster — building for monks
• Tagalog: bahay-pari — building for monks
• Tajik: дайр (dayr) — building for monks
• Tajik: хонақоҳ (xonaqoh) — building for monks
• Tamil: மடம் (maṭam) — building for monks
• Thai: วัด (wát) — building for monks
• Thai: อาราม (aa-raam) — building for monks
• Tibetan: དགོམ་པ (dgom pa) — building for monks
• Tocharian B: tsāro — building for monks
• Tocharian B: sānk — building for monks
• Turkish: manastır — building for monks
• Turkish: keşişhane — building for monks
• Ottoman Turkish: مناستر (manastır) — building for monks
• Ottoman Turkish: كشیشخانه (keşişhane) — building for monks
• Turkmen: monastyr — building for monks
• Ukrainian: монасти́р (monastýr) — building for monks
• Urdu: خانَقاہ (xānaqāh) — building for monks
• Urdu: خانْقاہ (xānqāh) — building for monks
• Urdu: مَٹھ (maṭh) — building for monks
• Urdu: مَنْدِر (mandir) — building for monks
• Urdu: تَکْیَہ (takya) — building for monks
• Urdu: تَکِیَہ (takiya) — building for monks
• Uyghur: موناستىر (monastir) — building for monks
• Uyghur: خانىقا (xaniqa) — building for monks
• Uzbek: monastir — building for monks
• Uzbek: xonaqoh — building for monks
• Vietnamese: tu viện — building for monks
• Vietnamese: tự viện — building for monks
• Vietnamese: đan viện — building for monks
• Welsh: mynachlog — building for monks