mosque

• mosk

From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”).^[1] Doublet of masjid.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑsk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsk

mosque (plural mosques)

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

   Synonym: masjid

   There's a mosque near where I live.

   • 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     One 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.

• church, synagogue, temple, gurdwara, hof, fire temple, circle, mandir, jinja, House of Worship

mosque

1. inflection of moscar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

mosque ?

1. mosque

mosque

1. inflection of moscar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoske/ [ˈmos.ke]
• Rhymes: -oske
• Syllabification: mos‧que

mosque

1. inflection of moscar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative