bonze

See also Bonze

English

Etymology

From French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from  (bon, “ordinary”) +  (sō, “monk”).

Noun

bonze (plural bonzes)

1. A Buddhist priest in Japan.

Translations

a Buddhist priest in Japan

• Dutch: bonze (nl) m
• French: bonze (fr) m
• German: Bonze (de) m
• Hungarian: bonc (hu)

• Italian: bonzo (it) m
• Japanese: 坊主 (ja) (bōzu), 和尚 (ja) (oshō)
• Portuguese: bonzo (pt) m
• Russian: бонзa (ru) (bónza) m 

See also

• bhikku, bhikkhu, bikkhu, bhikshu
• bhikkhuni, bhikshuni
• bozo

Anagrams

• benzo

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Japanese; the boss-sense is adopted from German Bonze

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzen, diminutive bonzetje)

1. A bonze, Buddhist priest
2. A boss, bigwig

Synonyms

• (bigwig) bons m

Etymology 2

Verb

bonze

1. singular present subjunctive of bonzen

Anagrams

• bezon

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese.

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzes)

1. bonze, Buddhist priest

Derived terms

• bonzerie