eremite
/ˈɛɹ.əˌmaɪt/
eremite noun: a hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
Noun
eremite (plural eremites)
- A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
eremite meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
eremite in Tamil
- ஆண்டிப்பண்டாரம்
eremite in Bengali
- সন্ন্যাসী, নির্জনবাসী ব্যক্তি
eremite in Malayalam
- hermit, recluse, solitary
- ഏകാന്തവാസിയായ സന്യാസി, ഏകാന്തവാസിയായ ക്രിസ്തീയസന്യാസി, തപസ്വി, യതി, മുനി, വനൗകസ്സ്
eremite in Kannada
- ಬೈರಾಗಿ, ಜೋಗಿ, ವಿರಕ್ತಿ, ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿ
Forms of eremite
| plural | eremites |
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Origin of eremite
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) + -ίτης (-ítēs). Doublet of hermit.
Words formed from eremite
Questions about eremite
- What does eremite mean?
- Eremite means a hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
- What is eremite in Tamil?
- Eremite in Tamil is ஆண்டிப்பண்டாரம். See Eremite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is eremite?
- Eremite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eremite?
- Eremite is pronounced /ˈɛɹ.əˌmaɪt/.
- What is the plural of eremite?
- The plural of eremite is eremites.
Words near eremite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eremite (page history and authors); eremite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eremite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eremite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); eremite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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