religieux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French religieux. Doublet of religious.

Noun

religieux (plural religieux)

1. A man bound by monastic vows; a monk.

Related terms

• religieuse

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “religieux”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.li.ʒjø/

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Adjective

religieux (feminine religieuse, masculine plural religieux, feminine plural religieuses)

1. religious

Descendants

• → Danish: religiøs
• → German: religiös
• → Norwegian: religiøs
• → Romanian: religios
• → Swedish: religiös

Noun

religieux m (plural religieux)

1. a religious person

Descendants

• → English: religieux

Further reading

• “religieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.