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monk

/ˈmʌŋk/MUHNGK
/ˈmʌŋk/MUHNGK

Meaningsolitary person

Common meaning: a man living under religious vows in a community

Journey through time

  1. Greekmonachos‘solitary person’source
  2. Latinmonachus‘monk’source
  3. Old Englishmunec‘monk’sourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishmonksource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftssolitary person → a man living under religious vows in a communitymonk‘a man living under religious vows in a community’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek monachos ‘solitary person’.

Roots

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