clergyman

English

Etymology

clergy +‎ -man

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈklɜːdʒimən/
Hyphenation: cler‧gy‧man

Noun

clergyman (plural clergymen)

An ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy.

Hypernyms

clergyperson

Holonyms

clergy

Coordinate terms

clergywoman

Translations

ordained (male) Christian minister, male member of the clergy

Arabic: قِسِّيس‎ (ar) m (qissīs), كَاهِن‎ m (kāhin)
Belarusian: свяшчэннаслужы́цель m (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ), сьвяшчэннаслужы́цель m (sʹvjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) (Taraškievica), свяшчэ́ннік m (svjaščénnik), сьвяшчэ́ньнiк m (sʹvjaščénʹnik) (Taraškievica), свята́р m (svjatár), сьвята́р m (sʹvjatár) (Taraškievica)
Bulgarian: свещенослужи́тел (bg) m (sveštenoslužítel), духо́вник (bg) m (duhóvnik), свеще́ник (bg) m (svešténik)
Catalan: clergue (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牧師／牧师 (zh) (mùshī)
Czech: duchovní (cs) m
Dutch: geestelijke (nl) m
Esperanto: (♂♀) pastro, (♂) virpastro, (neologism, ♂) pastriĉo
Finnish: pappi (fi)
French: prêtre (fr) m, clerc (fr) m
Galician: crego m
German: Pfarrer (de) m, Pastor (de) m, Kleriker (de) m, Geistlicher (de) m, Seelsorger (de) m, Seelenhirt m, Seelenhirte (de) m
Greek: κληρικός (el) m (klirikós)
Ancient: κληρικός m (klērikós)
Hungarian: pap (hu), lelkész (hu)
Indonesian: klerus (id)
Irish: eaglaiseach
Italian: chierico (it) m, prete (it) m, sacerdote (it) m, ecclesiastico (it) m
Japanese: 牧師 (ja) (ぼくし, bokushi), 聖職者 (せいしょくしゃ, seishokusha)
Korean: 성직자(聖職者) (seongjikja)
Latin: clericus m, sacerdos (la)
Macedonian: духовник m (duhovnik), свештеник m (sveštenik)
Navajo: ééʼ neishoodii
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: свѧщеникъ m (svęštenikŭ)
Old East Slavic: свѧщеникъ m (svęščenikŭ), свѧщеньникъ m (svęščenĭnikŭ)
Polish: duchowny (pl) m, kleryk (pl) m
Portuguese: clérigo (pt)
Romagnol: prid m, prit m
Romanian: cleric (ro)
Russian: священнослужи́тель (ru) m (svjaščennoslužítelʹ), свяще́нник (ru) m (svjaščénnik), кли́рик (ru) m (klírik)
Scottish Gaelic: clèireach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: духо̀внӣк m, свѐштенӣк m, свѐћенӣк m
Roman: duhòvnīk (sh) m, svèštenīk (sh) m, svèćenīk m
Slovak: duchovný m
Slovene: duhovnik (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: faraŕ m
Spanish: clérigo (es) m
Ukrainian: священнослужи́тель m (svjaščennoslužýtelʹ), свяще́нник m (svjaščénnyk), духівни́к m (duxivnýk), клі́рик m (klíryk)
Vietnamese: mục sư (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) kultan (vo) (general), (♂) hikultan, (♀) jikultan, (♂♀) pädan (vo) (Catholic), (♂) hipädan, (♀) jipädan, (♂♀) pastan (vo) (Evangelical, Protestant), (♂) hipastan, (♀) jipastan

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism; transferred sense from English clergyman.

Noun

clergyman m (invariable)

a clergyman's suite of clothes