mendicant

mendicant

English

WOTD – 10 July 2008

Etymology

From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/

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Adjective

mendicant (not comparable)

1. Depending on alms for a living.
2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

Related terms

▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*mend-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *mend-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *mend-</a>‎ (0 c, 10 e)

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/amend' title='amend'>amend</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/amendable' title='amendable'>amendable</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/amendatory' title='amendatory'>amendatory</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/amendment' title='amendment'>amendment</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/amends' title='amends'>amends</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/emend' title='emend'>emend</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/emendable' title='emendable'>emendable</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/emendals' title='emendals'>emendals</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/mend' title='mend'>mend</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/mendicant' title='mendicant'>mendicant</a>

Translations

depending on alms

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kerjäläis- (fi) French: mendiant (fr) m German: Bettel- (de)

Latin: mendīcāns Polish: żebrzący Portuguese: mendicante (pt) Russian: нищенствующий (ru) (niščenstvujuščij) Spanish: mendicante (es)

of or pertaining to a beggar

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kerjäläis- (fi)

Russian: нищенский (ru) (niščenskij) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kerjäläis- (fi)

Portuguese: mendicante (pt) Spanish: mendicante (es)

Noun

mendicant (plural mendicants)

1. A pauper who lives by begging.
2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Translations

beggar

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Crimean Tatar: tilençi Esperanto: almozulo, almozisto Finnish: kerjäläinen (fi) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Bettler (de) m Italian: mendicante (it)

Navajo: adókeedí Polish: żebrak (pl) Portuguese: mendigo (pt) Romanian: cerșetor (ro) m, cerșetoare (ro) f Russian: ни́щий (ru) (níščij), попроша́йка (ru) (poprošájka) Spanish: mendigo (es) m Swahili: mwombaji (sw) Tagalog: tanglo Turkish: please add this translation if you can

friar

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kerjäläismunkki German: Bettelmönch

Manx: braar boght m Polish: mnich żebrzący Russian: нищенствующий мона́х m (niščenstvujuščij monáx) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Related terms

• mendicant order

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Latin

Verb

mendīcant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of mendīcō