religieux

Borrowed from French religieux. Doublet of religious.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəlɪʒiˈɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˌlɪʒiˈu/, /ɹəˌliʒiˈu/

religieux (plural religieux)

1. (historical) A man bound by monastic vows; a monk.

• religieuse

• “religieux”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Inherited from Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.li.ʒjø/

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religieux (feminine religieuse, masculine plural religieux, feminine plural religieuses)

1. religious

• religion
• religiosité

• → Danish: religiøs
• → German: religiös
• → Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs
• → Romanian: religios
• → Swedish: religiös

religieux m (plural religieux, feminine religieuse)

1. a religious person (man)
2. (Catholicism) a religious (a man who is a member of a religious institute or order; a friar, monk, or religious priest)

• ex-religieux
• nonreligieux
• non-religieux
• non religieux

• → English: religieux

• “religieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.