different between religieuse vs religieux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French religieuse.

Noun

religieuse (plural religieuses)

1. (dated) A nun.
   • 1835, Rebecca Reed, Six Months in a Convent

     "You must not, my dear sister, give way to curiosity. Do you not recollect it is against the rules for a religieuse to do so?"

2. A type of eclair made of two choux pastry cases, the smaller fixed atop of the other.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.li.?jøz/

Adjective

religieuse

1. feminine singular of religieux

Noun

religieuse f (plural religieuses)

1. nun

   Ma tante, qui est religieuse, est tout le temps en train de prier.

   Synonyms: nonne, sœur, bonne sœur

2. religieuse (pastry)

References

• “religieuse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French religieux. Doublet of religious.

Noun

religieux (plural religieux)

1. A man bound by monastic vows; a monk.

Related terms

• religieuse

French

Etymology

From Old French religieus, from Latin religi?sus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.li.?jø/

Adjective

religieux (feminine singular religieuse, masculine plural religieux, feminine plural religieuses)

1. religious

Derived terms

Related terms

• religiosité

Descendants

• ? Danish: religiøs
• ? German: religiös
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: religiøs
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: religiøs
• ? Romanian: religios
• ? Swedish: religiös

Noun

religieux m (plural religieux, feminine religieuse)

1. A religious person (man).
2. (Catholicism) A person (man) who is a member of a religious institute, or society, in which the member takes a public vow and lives a fraternal life in common; friar; monk.

Derived terms

• ex-religieux
• nonreligieux
• non-religieux
• non religieux

Descendants

• ? English: religieux

Further reading

• “religieux” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).