mosque

English

A mosque in Iran

Alternative forms

• mosk (uncommon, dated)

Etymology

From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, from Spanish mezquita. It has been suggested that the Spanish word derives from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”) (in which case it is a doublet of masjid), but this is phonologically difficult; so it has alternatively been suggested that the Spanish word is from Aramaic 𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 (msgdʾ /⁠masgəḏā⁠/, “the mosque”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑsk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒsk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒsk

Noun

mosque (plural mosques)

2. (Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

   Synonym: masjid

   There's a mosque near where I live.

   • 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer, Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 2 June 2024:

     The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.

   • 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN‎^[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 19 September 2024:

     One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• antimosque
• cybermosque
• Farthest Mosque
• inter-mosque
• intermosque
• megamosque
• mosque affiliation
• mosqued
• mosqueful
• mosque-goer
• mosque-going
• mosqueing
• mosqueless
• mosquelike
• mosque swallow
• mosque yard
• mosquish
• paramosque
• supermosque
• unmosqued
• victory mosque

Descendants

• → Irish: mosc
• → Japanese: モスク
• → Korean: 모스크 (moseukeu)
• → Scottish Gaelic: mosg
• → Welsh: mosg

Translations

a place of worship for Muslims

• Abkhaz: аджьаама (adžaama)
• Acehnese: meuseujid
• Afar: masgiidi
• Afrikaans: moskee
• Albanian: xhami (sq) f
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: мечет (mečet)

• Alviri-Vidari:

  Vidari: مجید (majjid)

• Amharic: መስጊድ (mäsgid)
• Arabic: مَسْجِد m (masjid), جَامِع m (jāmiʕ), مُصَلًّى m (muṣallan)

  Egyptian Arabic: جامع m (gāmiʕ), مسجد m (masgid)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَسْجِد m (masjid), جامِع m (jāmiʕ), مُصَلَّى m (muṣalla)

  Moroccan Arabic: جامع m (jāmiʕ), مسجد m (masjid)

• Aragonese: mezquita f
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܓ݂ܵܕܵܐ m (masḡādā)

• Archi: мижгил (mižgil)
• Armenian: մզկիթ (hy) (mzkitʻ)
• Assamese: মছজিদ (mosozid)
• Asturian: mezquita (ast) f
• Avar: мажгит (mažgit)
• Azerbaijani: məscid (az)
• Balinese: masigit
• Bambara: missiri
• Banjarese: masigit (bjn)
• Bashkir: мәсет (mäsit)
• Basque: meskita
• Batak: masojit
• Belarusian: мячэ́ць f (mjačécʹ)
• Bengali: মসজিদ (bn) (mosjid)
• Betawi: mesigit
• Bole: mashidi
• Breton: moskeenn f
• Bulgarian: джами́я (bg) f (džamíja)
• Burmese: ဗလီ (my) (ba.li)
• Catalan: mesquita (ca) f
• Chechen: маьждиг (mäždig)
• Chichewa: mzikiti
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 清真寺 (cing¹ zan¹ zi^6-2)

  Dungan: либэсы (libesɨ), сы (sɨ)

  Hokkien: 清真寺 (zh-min-nan) (chheng-chin-sī)

  Mandarin: 清真寺 (zh) (qīngzhēnsì), 禮拜寺 / 礼拜寺 (zh) (lǐbàisì)

• Chuvash: мичӗт (mič̬ĕt)
• Circassian:

  West Circassian: мэщыт (mɛśət)

• Comorian:

  Mwali Comorian: mkiri class 3/4

  Ngazidja Comorian: msihiri class 3/4

• Crimean Tatar: cami, mescit
• Czech: mešita (cs) f
• Danish: moské (da) c, moske c
• Dargwa: мижит (mižit)
• Dhivehi: މިސްކިތް (miskit̊)
• Dusun:

  Central Dusun: mosigid

• Dutch: moskee (nl) f
• Esperanto: moskeo
• Estonian: mošee (et); islami kogudus (religious congregation)
• Faroese: moska f
• Finnish: moskeija (fi)
• French: mosquée (fr) f
• Fula:

  Adlam: 𞤶𞤵𞤥𞤢𞥄

  Latin: jumaa

• Galician: mesquita f
• Georgian: მეჩეთი (ka) (mečeti)
• German: Moschee (de) f
• Greek: τέμενος (el) n (témenos), τζαμί (el) n (tzamí)

  Medieval Greek: τέμενος n (témenos), μασγίδιον n (masgídion)

• Gujarati: મસ્જિદ f (masjid), મસીદ (gu) f (masīd), મસીત f (masīt)
• Haitian Creole: moske
• Hausa: masallaci (ha)
• Hawaiian: mokeko
• Hebrew: מִסְגָּד (he) m (misgád)
• 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), マスジド (ja) (masujido)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Judeo-Tat: məcit
• Kamba: musukiti
• Kannada: ಮಸೀದಿ (kn) (masīdi)
• Kanuri: moshidi
• Karakalpak: meshit
• Kashmiri: مَشیٖد (maśīd), مَسجِد (masjid)
• Kazakh: мешіт (mešit)
• Khinalug: мачыг (mačɨg)
• Khmer: វិហារអ៊ីស្លាម (vihiə ʼihslaam)
• Kikuyu: muthigiti
• Kimaragang: mosigid
• Korean: 모스크 (ko) (moseukeu)
• Kumyk: межит (mejit)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مزگەوت (ckb) (mizgewt)

  Northern Kurdish: mizgeft (ku), camî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: мечит (ky) (mecit)
• Ladino: mezkita f, meshkita f, djami m

  Haketia: ĵemˁá m, ĵmaˁa m, mezquita f

• Lak: мизит (mizit)
• Lao: ສຸເຫຣົ່າ (su rao), ມັດ​ຍິດ (mat nyit)
• Latin: meschita f
• Latvian: mošeja f
• Lezgi: мискӏин (misḳin)
• Lingala: mosquée
• Lithuanian: mečètė f
• Luganda: omuzigiti
• Luxembourgish: Moschee f
• Macedonian: џа́мија (mk) f (džámija)
• Magahi: 𑂧𑂯𑂔𑂱𑂠 (mahjid)
• Maguindanao: maseguit
• Malagasy: mosikiriny
• Malay: masjid (ms), jamik (ms), surau (ms) (smaller, less role), langgar (smaller, less role), zawiat (ms) (smaller, less role)

  Jawi: مسجد, جامع, سوراو (ms) (smaller, less role), لڠݢر (smaller, less role), زاوية (smaller, less role)

• Malayalam: മസ്ജിദ് (ml) (masjidŭ)
• Maltese: moskea f, meskita f
• Mandar: masigi
• Mandingo:

  Mandinka: missiro

• Manipuri: ꯃꯁꯖꯤꯠ (masajit)
• Māori: whare kōrana
• Maranao: masdid, masgit
• Marathi: मशीद (maśīd), मस्जिद (masjid)
• Marwari: मसीद (masīd), मसीत (masīt)
• Melanau:

  Central Melanau: masegit

• Minangkabau: musajik (min)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: мечет (mečet), лалын сүм (lalyn süm)

• Moore: misri
• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: mahomacalli, mahomatlatlatlauhtilizcalli

• Nepali: मस्जिद (masjid)
• Nogai: мешит (meşit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moské (no) m

  Nynorsk: moské m

• Occitan: mosqueta (oc) f
• Odia: ମସଜିଦ୍ (masajid)
• Oromo: masgiida
• Ossetian: мӕзджыт (mæzǵyt)
• Pannonian Rusyn: джамия f (džamija)
• Pashto: جومات (ps) m (jomāt), مسجد (ps) m (masjed)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: مَسْجِد (masjid)

  Dari: مَسْجِد (masjid)

  Iranian Persian: مَسْجِد (masjed)

• Polish: meczet (pl) m
• Portuguese: mesquita (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ (masjid), ਮਸੀਤ (masīt)

  Shahmukhi: مَسْجِد (masjid), مَسِیت (masīt)

  Western Punjabi: مسیت (pnb) (mset)

• Rohingya: mosóit
• Romani: džamija
• Romanian: moschee (ro) f
• Russian: мече́ть (ru) f (mečétʹ)
• Rutul: мездик (mezdik)
• Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti
• Samoan: mosike
• Scottish Gaelic: mosg
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џа́мија f, моше́ја f (rare)

  Latin: džámija (sh) f, mošéja (sh) f (rare)

• Shona: musikiti
• Sicilian: muschea (scn) f
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: පල්ලිය (si) (palliya), මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය (muslim palliya), මස්ජිඩ් (masjiḍ), මස්ජිදුන් (masjidun)
• Slovak: mešita (sk) f
• Slovene: mošéja (sl) f, džámija (sl) f
• Somali: masaajid
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mošeja f

  Upper Sorbian: mošeja f

• Spanish: mezquita (es)
• Sundanese: masigit (su)
• Swahili: msikiti (sw)
• Swedish: moské (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠝꠍꠤꠖ (mosído), ꠝꠡꠎꠤꠖ (mośozid)
• Tabasaran: мист (mist)
• Tagalog: moske
• Tajik: масҷид (tg) (masjid)
• Talysh: мәчит
• Tamil: மசூதி (ta) (macūti), பள்ளிவாசல் (ta) (paḷḷivācal), மஸ்ஜித் (masjit)
• Tarifit: tamziyda
• Tashelhit: timzgid f
• 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)

  Ottoman Turkish: جامع (camiʼ), مسجد (mescid)

• Turkmen: metjit
• Ubykh: џамиа (dẑamja)
• Ukrainian: мече́ть (uk) f (mečétʹ)
• Urdu: مَسْجِد m (masjid), اِمام بارْگاہ f (imām bārgāh) (chiefly Shia Islam), اِمام باڑَہ m (imām bāṛa), خانْقَاہ m (xānqāh) (chiefly Sufism), بَیت m (bait) (Chiefly, but not limited to, Ahmadiyya - particularly in Pakistan)
• Uyghur: جامى (jami), مەسچىد (meschid)
• Uzbek: masjid (uz), machit (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà thờ Hồi giáo, thánh đường (vi)
• Volapük: mojöp
• Walloon: moskêye (wa) f
• Welsh: mosg m
• Wolof: jaaka
• Yakut: мэчиэт (mečiet)
• Yiddish: מעטשעט m (metshet)
• Yoruba: mọ́ṣáláṣí

Galician

Verb

mosque

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

Old French

Noun

mosque ?

1. mosque

Descendants

• Middle French: mosquée
  • French: mosquée

Portuguese

Verb

mosque

1. 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

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