monxa

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʃa/ [ˈmõɲ.ʃa]
• Rhymes: -onʃa
• Syllabification: mon‧xa

monxa f (plural monxes)

1. nun (member of a Christian religious community of women)

   Coordinate term: monxu

• monja (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from monge + -a. Compare Portuguese monja and Asturian monxa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʃa/ [ˈmõnʲ.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -onʃa
• Hyphenation: mon‧xa

monxa f (plural monxas)

1. nun

   Synonym: freira

• monxe
• mosteiro

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “monja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “monja”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “monxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “monxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “monxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN