English

Three minarets of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Noun

minaret ‎(plural minarets)

1. the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 2

     And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.

Translations

Anagrams

• artemin, raiment

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Etymology

Borrowing from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة ‎(manāra, “lighthouse”).

Noun

minaret f, m ‎(plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje n)

1. minaret

French

Etymology

[1606] Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة ‎(manāra, “lighthouse”).

Noun

minaret m ‎(plural minarets)

1. minaret

Anagrams

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, termina

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة ‎(manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈminɒrɛt]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

minaret ‎(plural minaretek)

1. minaret

Declension

Latin

Verb

mināret

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of minō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة ‎(manāra, “lighthouse”).

Noun

minaret m inan

1. minaret

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة ‎(manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minǎːret/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

mináret m ‎(Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)

1. minaret

Declension

Synonyms

• munára