bonzo
See also: bonzō
English
Noun
bonzo (plural bonzos)
- Alternative form of bonze (“Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia”).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese bonzo.
Noun
bonzo m (plural bonzi)
- bonze (Buddhist monk)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from Middle Chinese 凡 (bjom "ordinary") + 僧 (song "Buddhist monk").
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.zu/
- Hyphenation: bon‧zo
Noun
bonzo m (plural bonzos)
Further reading
- “bonzo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bonzo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbonθo/ [ˈbõn̟.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˈbonso/ [ˈbõn.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -onθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -onso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: bon‧zo
Noun
bonzo m (plural bonzos)
- bonze (Buddhist monk)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bonzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025