missionary

missionary

English

Etymology

mission +‎ -ary

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ.ʃən.(ə)ɹɪ/

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• Hyphenation: mis‧sion‧ary

Noun

missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)

1. One who is sent on a mission.
2. (religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed.

   A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.

3. (derogatory) A religious messenger.
4. (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
5. (uncountable, slang) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

Derived terms

• antimissionary
• missionaries and cannibals problem
• missionary position

Translations

person traveling to spread a religion

Albanian: misionar (sq) m Arabic: مُبَشِّر‎ m (mubaššir) Egyptian Arabic: مبشر‎ m (mubaššir) Armenian: քարոզիչ (hy) (kʿarozičʿ) Asturian: misioneru m Azerbaijani: missioner Belarusian: місіяне́р m (misijanjér), місіяне́рка f (misijanjérka) Bulgarian: мисионе́р m (misionér) Catalan: missioner (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 傳教士, 传教士 (cyun4 gaau3 si6), 宣教士 (syun1 gaau3 si6) Mandarin: 傳教士／传教士 (zh) (chuánjiàoshì), 傳道者／传道者 (zh) (chuándàozhě), 宣教士 (xuānjiàoshì) Czech: misionář (cs) m Danish: missionær c Dutch: (Roman Catholic) missionaris m, (Protestant in a non-Christian environment) zendeling m, (Protestant in a Christian environment) evangelist m Esperanto: misiisto Estonian: misjonär Finnish: lähetyssaarnaaja (fi) French: missionnaire (fr) m Galician: misioneiro m Georgian: მისიონერი (misioneri) German: Missionar (de) m, Missionarin (de) f Greek: ιεραπόστολος (el) m or f (ierapóstolos) Greenlandic: ajoqersuiartortitaq Hawaiian: mikanele Hungarian: hittérítő (hu), misszionárius (hu) Indonesian: misionaris (id) Italian: missionario (it) m, missionaria (it) f Japanese: 宣教師 (ja) (せんきょうし, senkyōshi) Kazakh: дінге үндеуші (dınge ündeuşı), дін таратушы (dın taratuşy), миссионер (missioner) Korean: 선교사(宣敎師) (ko) (seon'gyosa) Latin: missiōnārius m Latvian: misionārs m Lithuanian: misionierius (lt) m Macedonian: мисионер m (misioner) Norman: missionnaithe m or f Norwegian: misjonær m Old English: ār m Persian: میسیونر‎ (fa) (misioner) Plautdietsch: Missionoa m Polish: misjonarz (pl) m, misjonarka (pl) f Portuguese: missionário (pt) m, missionária f Romanian: misionar (ro) m, misionară (ro) f Russian: миссионе́р (ru) m (missionér), миссионе́рка (ru) f (missionérka) Scottish Gaelic: teachdaire m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мисионар m Roman: misionar (sh) m Slovak: misionár m, misionárka f Slovene: misijonar (sl) m Spanish: misionero (es) m, misionera f, misionario (es) Swahili: mmisionari Swedish: missionär (sv) Tagalog: misyonero Turkish: misyoner (tr) Ukrainian: місіоне́р m (misionér), місіоне́рка f (misionérka) Urdu: مبلغ‎ (muballiġ), مربّی‎ (murabbī) Vietnamese: người truyền giáo (𠊛傳教), cha truyền đạo (𤕔傳道)

missionary position — see missionary position

Adjective

missionary (not comparable)

1. Relating to a (religious) mission.

Translations

relating to a mission

Bulgarian: мисионерски (misionerski) Chinese: Mandarin: 傳教的／传教的 (chuánjiào de) Finnish: lähetys- (fi) German: missionarisch (de) Kazakh: миссионерлік (missionerlık) Polish: misyjny (pl), misjonarski (pl)

See also

• missionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Missionary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia