heremiet

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • eremiet
  • hermiet

Etymology

From Middle Dutch heremite, heremijt and eremijt, a borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin erēmīta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɦeː.rəˈmit/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: he‧re‧miet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

heremiet m (plural heremieten, diminutive heremietje n)

  1. hermit
    Synonyms: anachoreet, kluizenaar

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.