monje

See also: Monje

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mõje, mõge, monge, mũge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus. Doublet of moogo, the inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmond͡ʒe/

Noun

monje m (plural monjes, feminine monja, feminine plural monje)

1. monk

Descendants

• Galician: monxe
• Portuguese: monge

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “monje”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “monge”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “monje”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• monge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʒe/

Noun

monje m (plural monjes, feminine singular +, feminine plural +s)

1. monk

Descendants

• Spanish: monje
  • → Cebuano: monghe
  • → Tagalog: monghe

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “monge”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 348

Sidamo

Moogo.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata moogu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːɡo/
• Hyphenation: moo‧go

Noun

monje m (plural moogga f)

1. grave

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “monje”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish monje, from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxe/ [ˈmõŋ.xe]

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• Rhymes: -onxe
• Syllabification: mon‧je

Noun

monje m (plural monjes, feminine monja, feminine plural monjas)

1. monk

Derived terms

• el hábito no hace al monje
• fruta del monje ("monk fruit")
• monjil

Related terms

• monasterio

Descendants

• → Cebuano: monghe
• → Tagalog: monghe

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