Meaning

11 senses
  1. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.

    Mönch

    мона́хmonáx

    мона́хmonáx, черне́цьčernécʹ

  2. In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.

  3. (slang)Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.

  4. (slang)An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.

    монахmonax, бобыльbobylʹ

  5. (slang)A judge.

  6. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.

  7. The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).

  8. The monkfish.

  9. (historical)A fuse for firing mines.

  10. (colloquial)A monkey.

  11. (archaic)An inkblot.

More definitions
  • a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
  • United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Examples

80 sentences
  1. Tom is a monk.

    Том монах.

    ruТом — монах.

    deTom ist Mönch.

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  2. I'm a monk.

    Я монах.

    ruЯ монах.

    deIch bin ein Mönch.

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  3. Tom decided to become a monk.

    ruТом решил стать монахом.

    deTom hat sich entschlossen, Mönch zu werden.

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  4. Tom is a monk, isn't he?

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  5. Tom has decided to become a monk.

    ruТом решил стать монахом.

    deTom hat sich entschlossen, Mönch zu werden.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
male member of monastic order:
Русский
By meaning 2
male member of monastic order:
slang: man living without sexual relationships:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
male member of monastic order:

Origin

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from La

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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Forms

plural: monks
Singularmonk
Pluralmonks

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work:monastic
  • United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982):Thelonious MonkThelonious Sphere Monk

Word family

24 related words

See also

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