US /mɑsk/ UK /mɒsk/
noun Freq #8697

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A building where Muslims gather to pray and worship.

    There is a beautiful mosque near where I live.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a building where muslims... masjid
Word family
Forms mosques

Etymology

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

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