mosque
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”).[1] Doublet of masjid.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑsk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒsk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒsk
Noun
[edit]mosque (plural mosques)
- (Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
- Synonym: masjid
- There's a mosque near where I live.
- 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN[1]:
- The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
- 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN[2]:
- One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a place of worship for Muslims
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “mosque”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Galician
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[edit]mosque
- inflection of moscar:
Old French
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[edit]mosque ?
Portuguese
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[edit]mosque
- inflection of moscar:
Spanish
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[edit]mosque
- inflection of moscar:
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