What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
Source: tatoeba (273843)
Monk
//mʌŋk//
Synonyms for "monk" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
Related word relations
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1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
5 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
has context
3 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
Translations
186 translations across 111 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- monnik noun (male member of monastic order)
Albanian
1 entries- murg noun (male member of monastic order)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μοναχός noun (male member of monastic order)
Arabic
4 entries- راهب noun (male member of monastic order)
- راهب noun (male member of monastic order)
- رَاهِب noun (male member of monastic order)
- نَاسِك noun (male member of monastic order)
Armenian
2 entries- աբեղա noun (male member of monastic order)
- վանական noun (male member of monastic order)
Aromanian
1 entries- cãlugãr noun (male member of monastic order)
Asturian
1 entries- monxu noun (male member of monastic order)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- rahib noun (male member of monastic order)
Belarusian
1 entries- мана́х noun (male member of monastic order)
Bengali
2 entries- ভিক্ষু noun (male member of monastic order)
- সন্ন্যাসী noun (male member of monastic order)
Breton
1 entries- manac’h noun (male member of monastic order)
Bulgarian
2 entries- калу́гер noun (male member of monastic order)
- мона́х noun (male member of monastic order)
Burmese
4 entries- ပဉ္စင်း noun (male member of monastic order)
- ဘိက္ခု noun (male member of monastic order)
- ဘုန်းကြီး noun (male member of monastic order)
- ရဟန်း noun (male member of monastic order)
Catalan
1 entries- monjo noun (male member of monastic order)
Chinese
4 entries- хуәшон noun (male member of monastic order)
- хәшон noun (male member of monastic order)
- 出家人 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 和尚 noun (male member of monastic order)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 和尚 noun (male member of monastic order)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 修士 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 僧 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 僧侶 /僧侣 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 和尚 noun (male member of monastic order)
Church Slavic
2 entries- мънихъ noun (male member of monastic order)
- ⰿⱏⱀⰻⱈⱏ noun (male member of monastic order)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ noun (male member of monastic order)
Czech
1 entries- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
Danish
1 entries- munk noun (male member of monastic order)
Dari
1 entries- رَاهِب noun (male member of monastic order)
Dutch
1 entries- monnik noun (male member of monastic order)
Erzya
1 entries- ськамонатя noun (male member of monastic order)
Esperanto
1 entries- monaĥo noun (male member of monastic order)
Estonian
1 entries- munk noun (male member of monastic order)
Faroese
1 entries- munkur noun (male member of monastic order)
Finnish
1 entries- munkki noun (male member of monastic order)
French
1 entries- moine noun (male member of monastic order)
Galician
4 entries- frade noun (male member of monastic order)
- freire noun (male member of monastic order)
- mogo noun (male member of monastic order)
- monxe noun (male member of monastic order)
Georgian
1 entries- ბერი noun (male member of monastic order)
German
1 entries- Mönch noun (male member of monastic order)
Greek
1 entries- μοναχός noun (male member of monastic order)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָזִיר noun (male member of monastic order)
Hindi
3 entries- भिक्षु noun (male member of monastic order)
- महन्त noun (male member of monastic order)
- संन्यासी noun (male member of monastic order)
Hungarian
2 entries- barát noun (male member of monastic order)
- szerzetes noun (male member of monastic order)
Icelandic
1 entries- munkur noun (male member of monastic order)
Ido
1 entries- monako noun (male member of monastic order)
Indonesian
2 entries- biksu noun (male member of monastic order)
- rahib noun (male member of monastic order)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- راهِب noun (male member of monastic order)
Italian
3 entries- celibe noun (slang: man living without sexual relationships)
- frate noun (male member of monastic order)
- monaco noun (male member of monastic order)
Japanese
4 entries- 修道士 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 僧 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 僧侶 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 坊さん noun (male member of monastic order)
Kashubian
1 entries- mich noun (male member of monastic order)
Kazakh
3 entries- монах noun (male member of monastic order)
- сопы noun (male member of monastic order)
- тақуа noun (male member of monastic order)
Khmer
3 entries- ព្រះសង្ឃ noun (male member of monastic order)
- លោកសង្ឃ noun (male member of monastic order)
- អ្នកបួស noun (male member of monastic order)
Korean
2 entries- 수도사 noun (male member of monastic order)
- 수사 noun (male member of monastic order)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- монах noun (male member of monastic order)
Lao
4 entries- ນັກສິດ noun (male member of monastic order)
- ສະມະນະ noun (male member of monastic order)
- ສົງ noun (male member of monastic order)
- ສົມ noun (male member of monastic order)
Latin
2 entries- monachus noun (male member of monastic order)
- nonnus noun (male member of monastic order)
Latvian
1 entries- mūks noun (male member of monastic order)
Lithuanian
2 entries- minỹkas noun (male member of monastic order)
- vienuolis noun (male member of monastic order)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- mich noun (male member of monastic order)
- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
Macedonian
2 entries- калуѓер noun (male member of monastic order)
- монах noun (male member of monastic order)
Malay
2 entries- rahib noun (male member of monastic order)
- sami noun (male member of monastic order)
Maltese
1 entries- patri noun (male member of monastic order)
Mon
1 entries- ခမဳ noun (male member of monastic order)
Mongolian
2 entries- гэлэн noun (male member of monastic order)
- лам noun (male member of monastic order)
Māori
1 entries- monaki noun (male member of monastic order)
Norman
1 entries- mouaine noun (male member of monastic order)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rahîb noun (male member of monastic order)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- munk noun (male member of monastic order)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- munk noun (male member of monastic order)
Occitan
1 entries- monge noun (male member of monastic order)
Old Czech
1 entries- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- мнихъ noun (male member of monastic order)
Old English
1 entries- mynstermann noun (male member of monastic order)
Old French
1 entries- moingne noun (male member of monastic order)
Old Irish
1 entries- manach noun (male member of monastic order)
Old Lithuanian
2 entries- minỹchas noun (male member of monastic order)
- minỹkas noun (male member of monastic order)
Old Polish
1 entries- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
Oromo
1 entries- moloksee noun (male member of monastic order)
Ossetian
1 entries- моладзан noun (male member of monastic order)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- راهب noun (male member of monastic order)
- كشیش noun (male member of monastic order)
Pali
1 entries- bhikkhu noun (male member of monastic order)
Pashto
1 entries- راهب noun (male member of monastic order)
Polish
3 entries- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
- mnich noun (slang: man living without sexual relationships)
- zakonnik noun (male member of monastic order)
Portuguese
1 entries- monge noun (male member of monastic order)
Romanian
3 entries- celibatar noun (slang: man living without sexual relationships)
- călugăr noun (male member of monastic order)
- monah noun (male member of monastic order)
Romansch
3 entries- montg noun (male member of monastic order)
- muntg noun (male member of monastic order)
- muong noun (male member of monastic order)
Russian
1 entries- мона́х noun (male member of monastic order)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अवष्टम्भ noun (male member of monastic order)
Sardinian
2 entries- mongiu noun (male member of monastic order)
- monzu noun (male member of monastic order)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- manach noun (male member of monastic order)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kàluđer noun (male member of monastic order)
- mònah noun (male member of monastic order)
- redòvnīk noun (male member of monastic order)
- кàлуђер noun (male member of monastic order)
Shan
2 entries- မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈ noun (male member of monastic order)
- ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ် noun (male member of monastic order)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- manah noun (male member of monastic order)
Slovak
3 entries- mních noun (male member of monastic order)
- mních noun (slang: man living without sexual relationships)
- rehoľník noun (male member of monastic order)
Slovene
2 entries- menih noun (male member of monastic order)
- redovnik noun (male member of monastic order)
Spanish
1 entries- monje noun (male member of monastic order)
Swahili
1 entries- mmonaki noun (male member of monastic order)
Swedish
1 entries- munk noun (male member of monastic order)
Tagalog
1 entries- monghe noun (male member of monastic order)
Tajik
2 entries- роҳиб noun (male member of monastic order)
- шайх noun (male member of monastic order)
Tamil
2 entries- துறவி noun (male member of monastic order)
- துறவி noun (slang: man living without sexual relationships)
Thai
2 entries- นักพรต noun (male member of monastic order)
- พระ noun (male member of monastic order)
Tibetan
3 entries- གྲྭ་པ noun (male member of monastic order)
- དགེ་སྦྱོང noun (male member of monastic order)
- བཙུན་པ noun (male member of monastic order)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ṣamāne noun (male member of monastic order)
Turkish
3 entries- keşiş noun (male member of monastic order)
- rahip noun (male member of monastic order)
- ruhban noun (male member of monastic order)
Turkmen
1 entries- monah noun (male member of monastic order)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мона́х noun (male member of monastic order)
- черне́ць noun (male member of monastic order)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- mnich noun (male member of monastic order)
Urdu
1 entries- راہِب noun (male member of monastic order)
Uyghur
1 entries- راھىب noun (male member of monastic order)
Uzbek
3 entries- monax noun (male member of monastic order)
- rohib noun (male member of monastic order)
- ruhoniy noun (male member of monastic order)
Venetan
2 entries- monego noun (male member of monastic order)
- munego noun (male member of monastic order)
Vietnamese
3 entries- thầy tu noun (male member of monastic order)
- tu sĩ noun (male member of monastic order)
- đan sĩ noun (male member of monastic order)
Volapük
2 entries- hikleudan noun (male member of monastic order)
- kleudan noun (male member of monastic order)
Walloon
1 entries- moenne noun (male member of monastic order)
Welsh
1 entries- mynach noun (male member of monastic order)
West-Frisian
1 entries- muonts noun (male member of monastic order)
Zhuang
1 entries- hozsiengh noun (male member of monastic order)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
He practices austerities almost like a monk.
Source: tatoeba (300814)
I am a monk.
Source: tatoeba (1455634)
I think I want to be a monk.
Source: tatoeba (2012964)
Showing 4 of 29 available sentences.
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