religieux
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French religieux. Doublet of religious.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəlɪʒiˈɜː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˌlɪʒiˈu/, /ɹəˌliʒiˈu/
Noun edit
religieux (plural religieux)
- (historical) A man bound by monastic vows; a monk.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “religieux”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
religieux (feminine religieuse, masculine plural religieux, feminine plural religieuses)
Derived terms edit
- alétho-religieux
- aléthoreligieux
- anti-religieux
- antireligieux
- areligieux
- civil-religieux
- crypto-religieux
- cryptoreligieux
- éthico-religieux”
- éthicoreligieux”
- ethno-religieux
- ethnoreligieux
- infra-religieux
- infrareligieux
- interreligieux
- intra-religieux
- intrareligieux
- irréligieux
- mante religieuse
- mariage religieux
- mono-religieux
- monoreligieux
- multi-religieux
- multireligieux
- musico-religieux
- musicoreligieux
- néo-religieux
- néoreligieux
- non-religieux
- nonreligieux
- paléo-religieux
- paléoreligieux
- para-religieux
- parareligieux
- politico-religieux
- politicoreligieux
- pro-religieux
- proreligieux
- pseudo-religieux
- pseudoreligieux
- quasi religieux
- quasi-religieux
- quasireligieux
- religieusement
- semi-religieux
- semireligieux
- super-religieux
- superreligieux
- suprareligieux
- suprareligieux
- ultra-religieux
- ultrareligieux
- uni-religieux
- unireligieux
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: religiøs
- → German: religiös
- → Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs
- → Romanian: religios
- → Swedish: religiös
Noun edit
religieux m (plural religieux, feminine religieuse)
- a religious person (man)
- (Catholicism) a religious (a man who is a member of a religious institute or order; a friar, monk, or religious priest)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: religieux
Further reading edit
- “religieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.