Meanings
nounmosque (plural mosques)
plural mosques · alternative mosk
- IslamA place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
There's a mosque near where I live.
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The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer, Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2024One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024Synonyms: masjid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
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Origin
- Arabicمَسْجِد
- Italianmoschea
- Middle Frenchmosquée
- Englishmosque
From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”). Doublet of masjid.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans moskee
- moskeea place of worship for Muslims
Arabic مَسْجِد, جَامِع
- مَسْجِد (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- جَامِع (jāmiʕ)a place of worship for Muslims
- مُصَلًّى (muṣallan)a place of worship for Muslims
Basque meskita
- meskitaa place of worship for Muslims
Bengali মসজিদ
- মসজিদ (mosjid)a place of worship for Muslims
Bulgarian джами́я
- джами́я (džamíja)a place of worship for Muslims
Catalan mesquita
- mesquitaa place of worship for Muslims
Chinese Cantonese 清真寺
- 清真寺a place of worship for Muslims
Chinese Mandarin 清真寺, 禮拜寺 /礼拜寺
- 清真寺 (qīngzhēnsì)a place of worship for Muslims
- 禮拜寺 /礼拜寺 (lǐbàisì)a place of worship for Muslims
Czech mešita
- mešitaa place of worship for Muslims
Danish moské, moske
- moskéa place of worship for Muslims
- moskea place of worship for Muslims
Dutch moskee
- moskeea place of worship for Muslims
Esperanto moskeo
- moskeoa place of worship for Muslims
Estonian mošee, islami kogudus
- mošeea place of worship for Muslims
- islami kogudusa place of worship for Muslims
Finnish moskeija
- moskeijaa place of worship for Muslims
French mosquée
- mosquéea place of worship for Muslims
German Moschee
- Moscheea place of worship for Muslims
Greek τέμενος, τζαμί
- τέμενος (témenos)a place of worship for Muslims
- τζαμί (tzamí)a place of worship for Muslims
Hawaiian mokeko
- mokekoa place of worship for Muslims
Hebrew מִסְגָּד
- מִסְגָּד (misgád)a place of worship for Muslims
Hindi मस्जिद, मसजिद
- मस्जिद (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- मसजिद (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- मसीद (masīd)a place of worship for Muslims
- मसीत (masīt)a place of worship for Muslims
Hungarian dzsámi, mecset
- dzsámia place of worship for Muslims
- mecseta place of worship for Muslims
Icelandic moska
- moskaa place of worship for Muslims
Indonesian mesjid, masjid
- mesjida place of worship for Muslims
- masjida place of worship for Muslims
Irish mosc
- mosca place of worship for Muslims
Italian moschea
- moscheaa place of worship for Muslims
Japanese モスク, マスジド
- モスク (mosuku)a place of worship for Muslims
- マスジド (masujido)a place of worship for Muslims
Korean 모스크
- 모스크 (moseukeu)a place of worship for Muslims
Latin meschita
- meschitaa place of worship for Muslims
Latvian mošeja
- mošejaa place of worship for Muslims
Lithuanian mečètė
- mečètėa place of worship for Muslims
Malay masjid, jamik
- masjida place of worship for Muslims
- jamika place of worship for Muslims
- suraua place of worship for Muslims
- langgara place of worship for Muslims
- zawiata place of worship for Muslims
- مسجدa place of worship for Muslims
- جامعa place of worship for Muslims
- سوراوa place of worship for Muslims
- لڠݢرa place of worship for Muslims
- زاويةa place of worship for Muslims
Māori whare kōrana
- whare kōranaa place of worship for Muslims
Norwegian Bokmål moské
- moskéa place of worship for Muslims
Polish meczet
- meczeta place of worship for Muslims
Portuguese mesquita
- mesquitaa place of worship for Muslims
Punjabi ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ, ਮਸੀਤ
- ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- ਮਸੀਤ (masīt)a place of worship for Muslims
- مَسْجِد (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- مَسِیت (masīt)a place of worship for Muslims
Romanian moschee
- moscheea place of worship for Muslims
Russian мече́ть
- мече́ть (mečétʹ)a place of worship for Muslims
Scottish Gaelic mosg
- mosga place of worship for Muslims
Slovak mešita
- mešitaa place of worship for Muslims
Spanish mezquita
- mezquitaa place of worship for Muslims
Swahili msikiti
- msikitia place of worship for Muslims
Swedish moské
- moskéa place of worship for Muslims
Tagalog moske
- moskea place of worship for Muslims
Tamil மசூதி, பள்ளிவாசல்
- மசூதி (macūti)a place of worship for Muslims
- பள்ளிவாசல் (paḷḷivācal)a place of worship for Muslims
- மஸ்ஜித் (masjit)a place of worship for Muslims
Thai มัสยิด, สุเหร่า
- มัสยิด (mát-sà-yít)a place of worship for Muslims
- สุเหร่า (sù-rào)a place of worship for Muslims
Turkish cami, mescit
- camia place of worship for Muslims
- mescita place of worship for Muslims
- toplaka place of worship for Muslims
Ukrainian мече́ть
- мече́ть (mečétʹ)a place of worship for Muslims
Urdu مَسْجِد, اِمام بارْگاہ
- مَسْجِد (masjid)a place of worship for Muslims
- اِمام بارْگاہ (imām bārgāh)a place of worship for Muslims
- اِمام باڑَہ (imām bāṛa)a place of worship for Muslims
- خانْقَاہ (xānqāh)a place of worship for Muslims
- بَیتa place of worship for Muslims
Vietnamese nhà thờ Hồi giáo, thánh đường
- nhà thờ Hồi giáoa place of worship for Muslims
- thánh đườnga place of worship for Muslims
Welsh mosg
- mosga place of worship for Muslims
Yiddish מעטשעט
- מעטשעט (metshet)a place of worship for Muslims
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APA
mosque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosque
MLA
“mosque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosque. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mosque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosque.
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