"mendicant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-mendicant.ogg
Etymology: From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mend-}}, {{uder|en|la|mendīcāns}} Latin mendīcāns, {{cog|fr|mendiant}} French mendiant Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mendicant (not comparable)
  1. Depending on alms for a living. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poverty Translations (depending on alms): просещ (prosešt) (Bulgarian), žebravý (Czech), bedel- (Dutch), kerjäläis- (Finnish), mendiant [masculine] (French), Bettel- (German), mendīcāns (Latin), żebrzący (Polish), mendicante (Portuguese), нищенствующий (niščenstvujuščij) (Russian), mendicante (Spanish)
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  2. Of or pertaining to a beggar. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or pertaining to a beggar): просешки (proseški) (Bulgarian), kerjäläis- (Finnish), żebraczy (Polish), нищенский (niščenskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mendicant-en-adj-Uyg5s-Qf Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a beggar': 0 100 0
  3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poverty Translations (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs): mendicant (Catalan), žebravý (Czech), kerjäläis- (Finnish), mendykancki (Polish), żebraczy (Polish), mendicante (Portuguese), mendicante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mendicant-en-adj-sK1RW5xh Disambiguation of Poverty: 33 1 28 31 7 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 2 34 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 2 37 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 0 40 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 2 36 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 2 36 11 6 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs': 21 0 79

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-mendicant.ogg Forms: mendicants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mend-}}, {{uder|en|la|mendīcāns}} Latin mendīcāns, {{cog|fr|mendiant}} French mendiant Head templates: {{en-noun}} mendicant (plural mendicants)
  1. A pauper who lives by begging. Categories (topical): People, Poverty Translations (beggar): просяк (prosjak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tilençi (Crimean Tatar), bedelaar [masculine] (Dutch), almozulo (Esperanto), almozisto (Esperanto), kerjäläinen (Finnish), Bettler [masculine] (German), koldus (Hungarian), mendicante (Italian), mendīcus [masculine] (Latin), adókeedí (Navajo), Pracha [masculine] (Plautdietsch), żebrak [masculine] (Polish), żebraczka [feminine] (Polish), mendigo (Portuguese), ਮੰਗਤਾ (maṅgtā) [masculine] (Punjabi), cerșetor [masculine] (Romanian), cerșetoare [feminine] (Romanian), ни́щий (níščij) (Russian), попроша́йка (poprošájka) (Russian), mendigo [masculine] (Spanish), mwombaji (Swahili), tanglo (Tagalog), жебрак (žebrak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), прохач (proxač) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mendicant-en-noun-rEYqt~wS Disambiguation of People: 1 0 19 62 17 Disambiguation of Poverty: 33 1 28 31 7 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 2 34 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 2 36 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 2 36 11 6 Disambiguation of 'beggar': 88 12
  2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living. Translations (friar): দরবেশ (dôrbeś) (Bengali), mendicant (Catalan), bedelmonnik [masculine] (Dutch), kerjäläismunkki (Finnish), Bettelmönch (German), braar boght [masculine] (Manx), mendykant [masculine] (Polish), нищенствующий мона́х (niščenstvujuščij monáx) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mendicant-en-noun-n16C1py1 Disambiguation of 'friar': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mendicant order

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਮੰਗਤਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerșetor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerșetoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "níščij",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "word": "ни́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poprošájka",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "word": "попроша́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mendigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "word": "mwombaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "word": "tanglo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žebrak",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жебрак"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proxač",
      "sense": "beggar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прохач"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dôrbeś",
      "sense": "friar",
      "word": "দরবেশ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "friar",
      "word": "mendicant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "friar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bedelmonnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "friar",
      "word": "kerjäläismunkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "friar",
      "word": "Bettelmönch"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "friar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "braar boght"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "friar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mendykant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "niščenstvujuščij monáx",
      "sense": "friar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нищенствующий мона́х"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mendicant"
}

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