monja

See also: mönjä and Monja

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔɲ.d͡ʒa]

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Noun

monja f (plural monges)

1. nun

Related terms

• monjo

Portuguese

monja

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja, from monge + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese monga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -õʒɐ
• Hyphenation: mon‧ja

Noun

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monge, masculine plural monges)

1. nun, monkess (female monastics)

Derived terms

• monja-velha

Related terms

• monastério
• monge

Further reading

• “monja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “monja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “monja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “monja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

monja

Etymology

From monje +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxa/ [ˈmõŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -onxa
• Syllabification: mon‧ja

Noun

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monje, masculine plural monjes)

1. nun, monkess

Derived terms

• gaviotín monja
• monjita
• teta de monja

Related terms

• monje

Descendants

• → Cebuano: mongha
• ⇒ Tagalog: monay
• → Zacatepec Chatino: mòjā

Further reading

• “monje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• jamón, mojan