mosque

English

Alternative forms

mosk

Etymology

From French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد‎ (masjid, literally “place of prostration”).[1] Doublet of masjid.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /mɑsk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒsk/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒsk

Noun

mosque (plural mosques)

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
There's a mosque near where I live.
Synonym: masjid

Coordinate terms

church, synagogue, temple, gurdwara, hof, fire temple, circle, mandir, jinja, House of Worship

Derived terms

antimosque
cybermosque
Farthest Mosque
inter-mosque
megamosque
mosque affiliation
mosqued
mosqueful
mosquelike
paramosque
supermosque
unmosqued

Translations

a place of worship for Muslims

Abkhaz: аджьаама (adžaama)
Acehnese: meuseujid
Adyghe: мэщыт (meśət)
Afar: masgiidi
Afrikaans: moskee
Albanian: xhami (sq) f
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: مجید‎ (majjid)
Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
Arabic: مَسْجِد‎ m (masjid), جَامِع‎ m (jāmiʿ)
Egyptian Arabic: جامع‎ m (gāmiʕ)
Moroccan Arabic: جامع‎ m (jāmiʕ), مسجد‎ m (masjid)
Aragonese: mezquita f
Archi: мижгил (mižgil)
Armenian: մզկիթ (hy) (mzkitʿ)
Assamese: মছজিদ (mosozid)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܓ݂ܵܕܵܐ‎ m (masḡādā)
Asturian: mezquita (ast) f
Avar: мажгит (mažgit)
Azerbaijani: məscid (az)
Bambara: missiri
Bashkir: мәсет (mäset)
Basque: meskita
Batak: masojit
Belarusian: мячэ́ць f (mjačécʹ)
Bengali: মসজিদ (bn) (môsôjid)
Berber:
Tashelhit: timzgid f
Bole: mashidi
Breton: moskeenn f
Bulgarian: джами́я (bg) f (džamíja)
Burmese: ဗလီ (my) (ba.li)
Catalan: mesquita (ca) f
Central Dusun: mosigid
Central Melanau: masegit
Chechen: маьждиг (mäždig)
Chichewa: mzikiti
Chinese:
Cantonese: 清真寺 (cing¹ zan¹ zi⁶)
Dungan: либэсы (libesɨ), сы (sɨ)
Mandarin: 清真寺 (zh) (qīngzhēnsì), 禮拜寺／礼拜寺 (zh) (lǐbàisì)
Min Nan: 清真寺 (zh-min-nan) (chheng-chin-sī)
Chuvash: мичӗт (mič̬ĕt)
Classical Nahuatl: mahomacalli, mahomatlatlatlauhtilizcalli
Crimean Tatar: cami, mescit
Czech: mešita (cs) f
Danish: moské (da) c, moske c
Dargwa: мижит (mižit)
Dhivehi: މިސްކިތް‎ (miskit̊)
Dutch: moskee (nl) f
Esperanto: moskeo
Estonian: mošee (et)
Faroese: moska f
Finnish: moskeija (fi)
French: mosquée (fr) f
Fula:
Adlam: 𞤶𞤵𞤥𞤢𞥄‎
Latin: jumaa
Galician: mesquita f
Georgian: მეჩეთი (mečeti)
German: Moschee (de) f
Greek: τέμενος (el) n (témenos), τζαμί (el) n (tzamí)
Byzantine Greek: τέμενος n (témenos), μασγίδιον n (masgídion)
Gujarati: મસ્જિદ (masjid)
Haitian Creole: moske
Hausa: masallaci (ha)
Hawaiian: mokeko
Hebrew: מִסְגָּד‎ (he) m (misgad)
Hindi: मस्जिद (hi) m (masjid), मसजिद (hi) m (masjid), मसीद (hi) f (masīd), मसीत (hi) f (masīt)
Hungarian: dzsámi (hu), mecset (hu)
Icelandic: moska (is) f
Ido: moskeo (io)
Indonesian: mesjid (id), masjid (id)
Ingush: маьждиг (mäždig)
Interlingua: moschea
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: mosc m
Italian: moschea (it) f
Japanese: モスク (ja) (mosuku)
Kamba: musukiti
Kannada: ಮಸೀದಿ (kn) (masīdi)
Kanuri: moshidi
Karakalpak: meshit
Kazakh: мешіт (kk) (meşıt)
Khinalug: мачыг (mačɨg)
Khmer: វិហារអ៊ីស្លាម (vihiə ʼihslaam)
Kikuyu: muthigiti
Kimaragang: mosigid
Korean: 모스크 (ko) (moseukeu)
Kumyk: межит (mejit)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مزگەوت‎ (ku) (mizgewt)
Northern Kurdish: mizgeft (ku), camî (ku)
Kyrgyz: мечит (ky) (meçit)
Ladino: mezkita f, mishkita f, djami m
Lak: мизит (mizit)
Lao: ສຸເຫຣົ່າ (su rao), ມັດຍິດ (mat nyit)
Latin: meschita f
Latvian: mošeja f
Lezgi: мискӏин (misḳin)
Lingala: mosquée
Lithuanian: mečètė f
Luganda: omuzikiti
Luxembourgish: Moschee f
Macedonian: џа́мија (mk) f (džámija)
Magahi: 𑂧𑂯𑂔𑂱𑂠 (mahjid)
Maguindanao: maseguit
Malagasy: mosikiriny
Malay:
Jawi: مسجد‎, جامع‎, سوراو‎ (smaller, less role), لڠݢر‎ (smaller, less role), زاوية‎ (smaller, less role)
Rumi: masjid (ms), jamik (ms), surau (ms) (smaller, less role), langgar (smaller, less role), zawiat (ms) (smaller, less role)
Malayalam: മസ്ജിദ് (ml) (masjidŭ)
Maltese: moskea f
Mandinka: missiro
Maori: whare kōrana
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ f (timəzgida), ⵜⴰⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ f (taməzgida)
Mossi: misri
Maranao: masdid, masgit
Marathi: मशीद (maśīd), मस्जिद (masjid)
Minangkabau: musajik (min)
Mongolian: мечет (mečet), лалын сүм (lalyn süm)
Mwali Comorian: mkiri class 3/4
Nepali: मस्जिद (masjid)
Ngazidja Comorian: msihiri class 3/4
Nogai: мешит (meşit)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moské (no) m
Nynorsk: moské m
Occitan: mosqueta (oc) f
Oriya: ମସଜିଦ୍ (môsôjid)
Oromo: masgiida
Ossetian: мӕзджыт (mæzǵyt)
Ottoman Turkish: جامع‎ (cami), مسجد‎ (mescit)
Paelignian: masjedi
Pashto: جومات‎ (ps) m (ǰomãt), مسجد‎ (ps) m (masǰéd)
Persian: مسجد‎ (fa) m (masjed)
Polish: meczet (pl) m
Portuguese: mesquita (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ (masjid), ਮਸੀਤ (masīt)
Shahmukhi: مَسْجِد‎ (masjid), مَسِیت‎ (masīt)
Rajasthani: मसीद (masīd), मसीत (masīt)
Rohingya: mosóit
Romani: džamija
Romanian: moschee (ro) f
Russian: мече́ть (ru) f (mečétʹ)
Rutul: мездик
Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti
Samoan: mosike
Scottish Gaelic: mosg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џа́мија f, моше́ја f (rare)
Roman: džámija (sh) f, mošéja (sh) f (rare)
Shona: musikiti
Sicilian: muschea (scn) f
Sinhalese: පල්ලිය (si) (palliya), මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය (muslim palliya), මස්ජිඩ් (masjiḍ)
Slovak: mešita (sk) f
Slovene: mošéja (sl) f, džámija (sl) f
Somali: masaajid
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mošeja f
Upper Sorbian: mošeja f
Southern Altai: мечет (mečet)
Spanish: mezquita (es)
Sundanese: masigit
Swahili: msikiti (sw)
Swedish: moské (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tabasaran: мист (mist)
Tagalog: moske
Tajik: масҷид (tg) (masjid)
Talysh: мәчит
Tamil: மசூதி (ta) (macūti), மஸ்ஜித் (masjit)
Tatar: мәчет (tt) (mäçet)
Tausug: masjid
Telugu: మసీదు (te) (masīdu), మసీద్ (masīd), మస్జిద్ (masjid)
Tetum: mesjid, meskita
Thai: มัสยิด (th) (mát-sà-yít), สุเหร่า (th) (sù-rào) (smaller, less role)
Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེའི་ཆོས་ཁང (kha che'i chos khang)
Tigrinya: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
Turkish: cami (tr), mescit (tr) (smaller), toplak (tr)
Turkmen: metjit
Ubykh: џамиа (dẑamja)
Ukrainian: мече́ть (uk) (mečétʹ)
Urdu: مسجد‎ m (masjid)
Uyghur: جامى‎ (jami), مەسچىد‎ (meschid)
Uzbek: masjid (uz), machit (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà thờ Hồi giáo, thánh đường (vi), masjid
Volapük: mojöp
Walloon: moskêye (wa) f
Welsh: mosg m
Western Panjabi: مسیت‎ (pnb)
Wolof: jaaka
Yakut: мэчиэт (meçiet)
Yiddish: מעטשעט‎ m (metshet)
Yoruba: mọ́ṣáláṣí

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mosque”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

mosque ?

mosque

Portuguese

Verb

mosque

inflection of moscar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoske/ [ˈmos.ke]
Rhymes: -oske
Syllabification: mos‧que

Verb

mosque

inflection of moscar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mosque”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.