Dictionary

bonze en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɒnz/
• /ˈbɒnzi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.

Forms

Relateds

bikkhu · bhikshuni · bhikshu · bhikkhu · bhikkhuni · bhikku

Translations (23)

fi bonze (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · it monaco buddista (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ro bonz (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · de Bonze (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · cmn 和尚 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ja 僧侶 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · nl bonze (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · cmn 僧人 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ko 중 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · vi nhà sư (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · cmn 僧 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ru бо́нза (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · hu bonc (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · es bonzo (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · pl bonza (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · pt bonzo (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ja 凡僧 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ja 和尚 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ko 범승 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ko 승려 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · fr bonze (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · ja 坊主 (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) · it bonzo (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia)