monxe

• monge (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese monge~monje (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, alteration of monachus. Compare Portuguese monge, Spanish monje.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʃe/ [ˈmõnʲ.ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -onʃe
• Hyphenation: mon‧xe

monxe m (plural monxes, feminine monxa, feminine plural monxas)

1. monk

   Synonym: frade

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “monxe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “monxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “monxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “monxe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026