"minchen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: minchens [plural], mynchen [alternative], mincheon [alternative], minchun [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English minchen, monchen, from Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), from Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), from *munikaz (“monk”), from Late Latin monachus (“monk”), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), from μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”, adjective), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (“small, little, isolated”). Cognate with German Mönchin (“female monk”). Related also to minnow. More at monk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|minchen}} Middle English minchen, {{inh|en|ang|myneċen||a female monk, nun}} Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*munikinnō||female monk}} Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), {{der|en|LL.|monachus||monk}} Late Latin monachus (“monk”), {{der|en|grc|μοναχός||hermit|pos=n}} Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), {{der|en|ine-pro|*men-}} Proto-Indo-European *men-, {{cog|de|Mönchin||female monk}} German Mönchin (“female monk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} minchen (plural minchens)
  1. (obsolete) A nun. Tags: obsolete Related terms: minch, monk, minchery
    Sense id: en-minchen-en-noun-9dIgHpDt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} minchen
  1. Alternative form of mynchen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mynchen
    Sense id: en-minchen-enm-noun-I9VAjO7L Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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