monk

Pronunciation: /mʌŋk/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

monastic

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
religious
Narrower (hyponyms)
brother, trappist, carthusian

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