monk

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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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188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: monnik — male member of monastic order
• Albanian: murg — male member of monastic order
• Arabic: رَاهِب (rāhib) — male member of monastic order
• Arabic: نَاسِك (nāsik) — male member of monastic order
• Arabic: راهب (rāhib) — male member of monastic order
• Arabic: راهب (rāheb) — male member of monastic order
• Armenian: վանական (vanakan) — male member of monastic order
• Armenian: աբեղա (abeġa) — male member of monastic order
• Aromanian: cãlugãr — male member of monastic order
• Asturian: monxu — male member of monastic order
• Azerbaijani: rahib — male member of monastic order
• Belarusian: мана́х (manáx) — male member of monastic order
• Bengali: ভিক্ষু (bhikkhu) — male member of monastic order
• Bengali: সন্ন্যাসী (śonnnaśi) — male member of monastic order
• Breton: manac’h — male member of monastic order
• Bulgarian: мона́х (monáh) — male member of monastic order
• Bulgarian: калу́гер (kalúger) — male member of monastic order
• Burmese: ဘုန်းကြီး (bhun:kri:) — male member of monastic order
• Burmese: ရဟန်း (ra.han:) — male member of monastic order
• Burmese: ပဉ္စင်း (panycang:) — male member of monastic order
• Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (bhikhku.) — male member of monastic order
• Catalan: monjo — male member of monastic order
• Chinese Cantonese: 和尚 — male member of monastic order
• Chinese: хәшон (həšon) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese: хуәшон (huəšon) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese: 和尚 (zh-min-nan) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese: 出家人 (zh-min-nan) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese Mandarin: 和尚 — male member of monastic order
• Chinese Mandarin: 僧侶 /僧侣 (sēnglǚ) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese Mandarin: 僧 (sēng) — male member of monastic order
• Chinese Mandarin: 修士 (xiūshì) — male member of monastic order
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ (monakhos) — male member of monastic order
• Czech: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Old Czech: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Danish: munk — male member of monastic order
• Dutch: monnik — male member of monastic order
• Erzya: ськамонатя (śkamonaťa) — male member of monastic order
• Esperanto: monaĥo — male member of monastic order
• Estonian: munk — male member of monastic order
• Faroese: munkur — male member of monastic order
• Finnish: munkki — male member of monastic order
• French: moine — male member of monastic order
• Old French: moingne — male member of monastic order
• West-Frisian: muonts — male member of monastic order
• Galician: monxe — male member of monastic order
• Galician: mogo — male member of monastic order
• Galician: freire — male member of monastic order
• Galician: frade — male member of monastic order
• Georgian: ბერი (beri) — male member of monastic order
• German: Mönch — male member of monastic order
• Greek: μοναχός (monachós) — male member of monastic order
• Ancient Greek: μοναχός (monakhós) — male member of monastic order
• Hebrew: נָזִיר (nazír) — male member of monastic order
• Hindi: भिक्षु (bhikṣu) — male member of monastic order
• Hindi: महन्त (mahant) — male member of monastic order
• Hindi: संन्यासी (sannyāsī) — male member of monastic order
• Hungarian: szerzetes — male member of monastic order
• Hungarian: barát — male member of monastic order
• Icelandic: munkur — male member of monastic order
• Ido: monako — male member of monastic order
• Indonesian: rahib — male member of monastic order
• Indonesian: biksu — male member of monastic order
• Irish: manach — male member of monastic order
• Old Irish: manach — male member of monastic order
• Italian: monaco — male member of monastic order
• Italian: frate — male member of monastic order
• Japanese: 僧侶 (sōryo) — male member of monastic order
• Japanese: 坊さん (bōsan) — male member of monastic order
• Japanese: 修道士 (shūdōshi) — male member of monastic order
• Japanese: 僧 (sō) — male member of monastic order
• Japanese: 法師 (hōshi) — male member of monastic order
• Kashubian: mich — male member of monastic order
• Kazakh: сопы (sopy) — male member of monastic order
• Kazakh: монах (monax) — male member of monastic order
• Kazakh: тақуа (taqua) — male member of monastic order
• Khmer: លោកសង្ឃ (look sɑng) — male member of monastic order
• Khmer: ព្រះសង្ឃ (prĕəh sɑng) — male member of monastic order
• Khmer: អ្នកបួស (nĕək buəh) — male member of monastic order
• Korean: 수도사 (sudosa) — male member of monastic order
• Korean: 수사 (susa) — male member of monastic order
• Northern Kurdish: rahîb — male member of monastic order
• Kyrgyz: монах (monah) — male member of monastic order
• Lao: ສະມະນະ (sa ma na) — male member of monastic order
• Lao: ສົງ (song) — male member of monastic order
• Lao: ສົມ (som) — male member of monastic order
• Lao: ນັກສິດ (nak sit) — male member of monastic order
• Latin: monachus — male member of monastic order
• Latin: nonnus — male member of monastic order
• Latvian: mūks — male member of monastic order
• Lithuanian: vienuolis — male member of monastic order
• Lithuanian: minỹkas — male member of monastic order
• Old Lithuanian: minỹkas — male member of monastic order
• Old Lithuanian: minỹchas — male member of monastic order
• Macedonian: калуѓер (kaluǵer) — male member of monastic order
• Macedonian: монах (monah) — male member of monastic order
• Malay: rahib — male member of monastic order
• Malay: sami — male member of monastic order
• Maltese: patri — male member of monastic order
• Māori: monaki — male member of monastic order
• Middle English: monk — male member of monastic order
• Mon: ခမဳ — male member of monastic order
• Mongolian: лам (lam) — male member of monastic order
• Mongolian: гэлэн (gelen) — male member of monastic order
• Norman: mouaine — male member of monastic order
• Norwegian Bokmål: munk — male member of monastic order
• Norwegian Nynorsk: munk — male member of monastic order
• Occitan: monge — male member of monastic order
• Church Slavic: мънихъ (mŭnixŭ) — male member of monastic order
• Church Slavic: ⰿⱏⱀⰻⱈⱏ (mŭnixŭ) — male member of monastic order
• Old East Slavic: мнихъ (mnixŭ) — male member of monastic order
• Old English: mynstermann — male member of monastic order
• Oromo: moloksee — male member of monastic order
• Ossetian: моладзан (molaʒan) — male member of monastic order
• Pali: bhikkhu — male member of monastic order
• Pashto: راهب (rāheb) — male member of monastic order
• Dari: رَاهِب (rāhib) — male member of monastic order
• Iranian Persian: راهِب (râheb) — male member of monastic order
• Polish: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Polish: zakonnik — male member of monastic order
• Old Polish: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Portuguese: monge — male member of monastic order
• Romanian: călugăr — male member of monastic order
• Romanian: monah — male member of monastic order
• Romansh: muntg — male member of monastic order
• Romansh: montg — male member of monastic order
• Romansh: muong — male member of monastic order
• Russian: мона́х (monáx) — male member of monastic order
• Skolt-Sami: manah — male member of monastic order
• Sanskrit: अवष्टम्भ (avaṣṭambha) — male member of monastic order
• Sardinian: mongiu — male member of monastic order
• Sardinian: monzu — male member of monastic order
• Scottish Gaelic: manach — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: кàлуђер — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀нах — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: редо̀внӣк — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: kàluđer — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: mònah — male member of monastic order
• Serbo-Croatian: redòvnīk — male member of monastic order
• Shan: ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ် (tsāo mǔn) — male member of monastic order
• Shan: မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈ (mǔn tsāo) — male member of monastic order
• Slovak: mních — male member of monastic order
• Slovak: rehoľník — male member of monastic order
• Slovene: menih — male member of monastic order
• Slovene: redovnik — male member of monastic order
• Lower Sorbian: mich — male member of monastic order
• Lower Sorbian: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Upper Sorbian: mnich — male member of monastic order
• Spanish: monje — male member of monastic order
• Swahili: mmonaki — male member of monastic order
• Swedish: munk — male member of monastic order
• Tagalog: monghe — male member of monastic order
• Tajik: роҳиб (rohib) — male member of monastic order
• Tajik: шайх (šayx) — male member of monastic order
• Tamil: துறவி (tuṟavi) — male member of monastic order
• Thai: พระ (prá) — male member of monastic order
• Thai: นักพรต (nák-prót) — male member of monastic order
• Tibetan: གྲྭ་པ (grwa pa) — male member of monastic order
• Tibetan: བཙུན་པ (btsun pa) — male member of monastic order
• Tibetan: དགེ་སྦྱོང (dge sbyong) — male member of monastic order
• Tocharian B: ṣamāne — male member of monastic order
• Turkish: rahip — male member of monastic order
• Turkish: ruhban — male member of monastic order
• Turkish: keşiş — male member of monastic order
• Ottoman Turkish: راهب (rahib) — male member of monastic order
• Ottoman Turkish: كشیش (keşiş) — male member of monastic order
• Turkmen: monah — male member of monastic order
• Ukrainian: мона́х (monáx) — male member of monastic order
• Ukrainian: черне́ць (černécʹ) — male member of monastic order
• Urdu: راہِب (rāhib) — male member of monastic order
• Uyghur: راھىب (rahib) — male member of monastic order
• Uzbek: rohib — male member of monastic order
• Uzbek: ruhoniy — male member of monastic order
• Uzbek: monax — male member of monastic order
• Venetan: monego — male member of monastic order
• Venetan: munego — male member of monastic order
• Vietnamese: tu sĩ — male member of monastic order
• Vietnamese: thầy tu — male member of monastic order
• Vietnamese: đan sĩ — male member of monastic order
• Volapük: kleudan — male member of monastic order
• Volapük: hikleudan — male member of monastic order
• Walloon: moenne — male member of monastic order
• Welsh: mynach — male member of monastic order
• Zhuang: hozsiengh — male member of monastic order
• Italian: celibe — slang: man living without sexual relationships
• Polish: mnich — slang: man living without sexual relationships
• Romanian: celibatar — slang: man living without sexual relationships
• Slovak: mních — slang: man living without sexual relationships
• Tamil: துறவி (tuṟavi) — slang: man living without sexual relationships