bonze

See also: Bonze

English

Etymology

From French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from Middle Chinese 凡 (bjom "ordinary") + 僧 (song "Buddhist monk").

Noun

bonze (plural bonzes)

A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.

Translations

Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和尚 (zh) (héshàng), 僧 (zh) (sēng), 僧人 (zh) (sēngrén)
Dutch: bonze (nl) m
Finnish: bonze
French: bonze (fr) m
German: Bonze (de) m
Hungarian: bonc (hu)

Italian: bonzo (it) m
Japanese: 坊主 (ja) (ぼうず, bōzu), 和尚 (ja) (おしょう, oshō), 僧侶 (ja) (そうりょ, sōryo), 凡僧 (ja) (ぼんぞう, bonzō)
Korean: 승려 (ko) (seungnyeo), 중 (ko) (jung), 범승 (ko) (beomseung)
Portuguese: bonzo (pt) m
Russian: бо́нза (ru) m (bónza)
Spanish: bonzo (es)
Vietnamese: nhà sư (vi)

See also

bhikku, bhikkhu, bikkhu, bhikshu
bhikkhuni, bhikshuni
bozo

Anagrams

benzo, benzo-

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn.zə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bonze, ultimately from Japanese 凡僧.

Alternative forms

(bigwig): bons

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzen, diminutive bonzetje n)

bonze (Buddhist priest)
boss, bigwig

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

bonze

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of bonzen

Anagrams

bezon

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃z/

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzes)

bonze, Buddhist priest

Derived terms

bonzerie

Further reading

“bonze” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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