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mosque

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /mɑsk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /mɒsk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒsk
  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AO1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • There's a mosque near where I live.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: masjid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship

History

Etymology

From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”). Doublet of masjid.

Across languages

Translations

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аджьаама (adžaama) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Acehnese: meuseujid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Afar: masgiidi — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Afrikaans: moskee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Albanian: xhami — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Southern Altai: мечет (mečet) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Alviri-Vidari: مجید (majjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: جَامِع (jāmiʕ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مُصَلًّى (muṣallan) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: جامع (gāmiʕ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مسجد (masgid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: جامِع (jāmiʕ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مُصَلَّى (muṣalla) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: جامع (jāmiʕ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Arabic: مسجد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Aragonese: mezquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܓ݂ܵܕܵܐ (masḡādā) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Archi: мижгил (mižgil) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Armenian: մզկիթ (mzkitʻ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Assamese: মছজিদ (mosozid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Asturian: mezquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Avar: мажгит (mažgit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Azerbaijani: məscid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Bambara: missiri — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Banjarese: masigit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Bashkir: мәсет (məset) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Basque: meskita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Batak: masojit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Belarusian: мячэ́ць (mjačécʹ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Bengali: মসজিদ (mosjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Betawi: mesigit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Bole: mashidi — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Breton: moskeenn — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Bulgarian: джами́я (džamíja) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Burmese: ဗလီ (ba.li) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Catalan: mesquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chechen: маьждиг (mäždig) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chichewa: mzikiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese Cantonese: 清真寺 — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese: либэсы (libesɨ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese: сы (sɨ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese: 清真寺 (zh-min-nan) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清真寺 (qīngzhēnsì) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜寺 /礼拜寺 (lǐbàisì) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Chuvash: мичӗт (mič̬ĕt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • West Circassian: мэщыт (mɛśət) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Mwali Comorian: mkiri — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ngazidja Comorian: msihiri — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Crimean Tatar: cami — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Crimean Tatar: mescit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Czech: mešita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Danish: moské — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Danish: moske — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Dargwa: мижит (mižit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Dhivehi: މިސްކިތް (miskit̊) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Central Dusun: mosigid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Dutch: moskee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Esperanto: moskeo — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Estonian: mošee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Estonian: islami kogudus — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Faroese: moska — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Finnish: moskeija — a place of worship for Muslims
  • French: mosquée — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Fula: 𞤶𞤵𞤥𞤢𞥄 — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Fula: jumaa — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Galician: mesquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Georgian: მეჩეთი (mečeti) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • German: Moschee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Greek: τέμενος (témenos) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Greek: τζαμί (tzamí) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Greek: τέμενος (témenos) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Gujarati: મસ્જિદ (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Gujarati: મસીદ (masīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Gujarati: મસીત (masīt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Haitian Creole: moske — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hausa: masallaci — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hawaiian: mokeko — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hebrew: מִסְגָּד (misgád) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hindi: मस्जिद (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hindi: मसजिद (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hindi: मसीद (masīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hindi: मसीत (masīt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hungarian: dzsámi — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Hungarian: mecset — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Icelandic: moska — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ido: moskeo — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Indonesian: mesjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Indonesian: masjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ingush: маьждиг (mäždig) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Interlingua: moschea — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Irish: mosc — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Italian: moschea — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Japanese: モスク (mosuku) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Japanese: マスジド (masujido) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Judeo-Tat: məcit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kamba: musukiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kannada: ಮಸೀದಿ (masīdi) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kanuri: moshidi — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Karakalpak: meshit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kashmiri: مَشیٖد (maśīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kashmiri: مَسجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kazakh: мешіт (meşıt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Khinalug: мачыг (mačɨg) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Khmer: វិហារអ៊ីស្លាម (vihiə ʼihslaam) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kikuyu: muthigiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kimaragang: mosigid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Korean: 모스크 (moseukeu) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kumyk: межит (mejit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Central Kurdish: مزگەوت (mizgewt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Northern Kurdish: mizgeft — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Northern Kurdish: camî — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Kyrgyz: мечит (mecit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: mezkita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: meshkita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: djami — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: ĵemˁá — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: ĵmaˁa — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ladino: mezquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lak: мизит (mizit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lao: ສຸເຫຣົ່າ (su rao) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lao: ມັດຍິດ (mat nyit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Latin: meschita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Latvian: mošeja — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lezgi: мискӏин (misḳin) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lingala: mosquée — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lithuanian: mečètė — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Luganda: omuzigiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Luxembourgish: Moschee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Macedonian: џа́мија (džámija) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Magahi: 𑂧𑂯𑂔𑂱𑂠 (mahjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Maguindanao: maseguit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malagasy: mosikiriny — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: masjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: jamik — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: surau — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: langgar — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: zawiat — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: مسجد — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: جامع — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: سوراو — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: لڠݢر — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malay: زاوية — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Malayalam: മസ്ജിദ് (masjidŭ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Maltese: moskea — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Maltese: meskita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Mandinka: missiro — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Manipuri: ꯃꯁꯖꯤꯠ (masajit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Māori: whare kōrana — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Maranao: masdid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Maranao: masgit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Marathi: मशीद (maśīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Marathi: मस्जिद (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Marwari: मसीद (masīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Marwari: मसीत (masīt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Central Melanau: masegit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Minangkabau: musajik — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Mongolian: мечет (mečet) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Mongolian: лалын сүм (lalyn süm) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Moore: misri — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Classical Nahuatl: mahomacalli — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Classical Nahuatl: mahomatlatlatlauhtilizcalli — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Nepali: मस्जिद (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Nogai: мешит (meşit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Norwegian Bokmål: moské — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: moské — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Occitan: mosqueta — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Odia: ମସଜିଦ୍ (masajid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Oromo: masgiida — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ossetian: мӕзджыт (mæzǵyt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Pannonian Rusyn: джамия (džamija) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Pashto: جومات (jomāt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Pashto: مسجد (masjed) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Persian: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Dari: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Iranian Persian: مَسْجِد (masjed) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Polish: meczet — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Portuguese: mesquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Punjabi: ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Punjabi: ਮਸੀਤ (masīt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Punjabi: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Punjabi: مَسِیت (masīt) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Punjabi: مسیت (mset) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Rohingya: mosóit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Romani: džamija — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Romanian: moschee — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Russian: мече́ть (mečétʹ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Rutul: мездик (mezdik) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Samoan: mosike — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Scottish Gaelic: mosg — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Serbo-Croatian: џа́мија — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Serbo-Croatian: моше́ја — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Serbo-Croatian: džámija — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Serbo-Croatian: mošéja — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Shona: musikiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sicilian: muschea — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sinhalese: පල්ලිය (palliya) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sinhalese: මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය (muslim palliya) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sinhalese: මස්ජිඩ් (masjiḍ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Slovak: mešita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Slovene: mošéja — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Slovene: džámija — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Somali: masaajid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Lower Sorbian: mošeja — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Upper Sorbian: mošeja — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Spanish: mezquita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sundanese: masigit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Swahili: msikiti — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Swedish: moské — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠍꠤꠖ (mosído) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠡꠎꠤꠖ (mośozid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tabasaran: мист (mist) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tagalog: moske — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tajik: масҷид (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Talysh: мәчит — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tamil: மசூதி (macūti) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tamil: பள்ளிவாசல் (paḷḷivācal) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tamil: மஸ்ஜித் (masjit) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tarifit: tamziyda — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tashelhit: timzgid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tatar: мәчет (mäçet) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tausug: masjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Telugu: మసీదు (masīdu) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Telugu: మసీద్ (masīd) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Telugu: మస్జిద్ (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tetum: mesjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tetum: meskita — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Thai: มัสยิด (mát-sà-yít) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Thai: สุเหร่า (sù-rào) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེའི་ཆོས་ཁང (kha che'i chos khang) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Tigrinya: መስጊድ (mäsgid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Turkish: cami — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Turkish: mescit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Turkish: toplak — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ottoman Turkish: جامع (camiʼ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ottoman Turkish: مسجد (mescid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Turkmen: metjit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ubykh: џамиа (dẑamja) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Ukrainian: мече́ть (mečétʹ) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Urdu: مَسْجِد (masjid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Urdu: اِمام بارْگاہ (imām bārgāh) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Urdu: اِمام باڑَہ (imām bāṛa) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Urdu: خانْقَاہ (xānqāh) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Urdu: بَیت — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Uyghur: جامى (jami) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Uyghur: مەسچىد (meschid) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Uzbek: masjid — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Uzbek: machit — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Vietnamese: nhà thờ Hồi giáo — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Vietnamese: thánh đường — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Volapük: mojöp — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Walloon: moskêye — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Welsh: mosg — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Wolof: jaaka — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Yakut: мэчиэт (mečiet) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Yiddish: מעטשעט (metshet) — a place of worship for Muslims
  • Yoruba: mọ́ṣáláṣí — a place of worship for Muslims
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