bonze

See also: Bonze

English

Etymology

From French bonze, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from Middle Chinese 凡 (bɨɐm, “ordinary”) +‎ 僧 (səŋ, “Buddhist monk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒnz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

bonze (plural bonzes)

1. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.

Alternative forms

• bonzee, bonzo

Translations

Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和尚 (zh) (héshàng), 僧 (zh) (sēng), 僧人 (zh) (sēngrén)

• Dutch: bonze (nl) m
• Finnish: bonze
• French: bonze (fr) m
• German: Bonze (de) m
• Hungarian: bonc (hu)
• Italian: bonzo (it) m, monaco buddista m
• Japanese: 坊主 (ja) (ぼうず, bōzu), 和尚 (ja) (おしょう, oshō), 僧侶 (ja) (そうりょ, sōryo), 凡僧 (ja) (ぼんぞう, bonzō)
• Korean: 승려(僧侶) (ko) (seungnyeo), 중 (ko) (jung), 범승(梵僧) (ko) (beomseung)
• Portuguese: bonzo (pt) m
• Romanian: bonz (ro) m
• Russian: бо́нза (ru) m (bónza)
• Spanish: bonzo (es)
• Vietnamese: nhà sư (vi)

See also

• bhikku, bhikkhu, bikkhu, bhikshu
• bhikkhuni, bhikshuni

Anagrams

• benzo, benzo-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔn.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbon.ze]

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzes, feminine bonzessa)

1. bonze (Buddhist monk)

Further reading

• “bonze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn.zə/

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• Hyphenation: bon‧ze

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 凡僧. The sense “bigwig” derives from German Bonze.

Noun

bonze m (plural bonzen, diminutive bonzetje n)

1. bonze (Buddhist priest) [from 17th c.]
2. boss, bigwig

Alternative forms

• (bigwig): bons

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bonze

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bonzen

Anagrams

• bezon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃z/

• Audio

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Noun

bonze m (plural bonzes)

1. bonze, Buddhist priest

Derived terms

• bonzerie

Descendants

• → English: bonze
• → German: Bonze

Further reading

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