mosque

CEFRB1

/mɑsk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A building where Muslims worship.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I used to pray at the local mosque with my father and grandfather.

  • The mosque was torched in the middle of the night.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • This is a house and that is a mosque.

  • There's a mosque near where I live.

Synonyms

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On the holy day of Friday, Muslims gather at the blank for a special prayer.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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