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)
Translations
Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese 凡僧. The sense “bigwig” derives from German Bonze.
Noun
bonze m (plural bonzen, diminutive bonzetje n)
Alternative forms
- (bigwig): bons
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bonze
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French
Etymology
Ultimately from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō).
Pronunciation
Noun
bonze m (plural bonzes)
- bonze, Buddhist priest
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “bonze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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