ermite

Inherited from Middle French ermite, from Old French eremite, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, borrowed from Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.mit/

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ermite m (plural ermites)

1. (religion) hermit

   Coordinate term: cénobite

2. hermit

   Synonym: reclus

• bernard l’ermite

• érémitique

• “ermite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• mérite, mérité, métier

From Old French eremite, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, borrowed from Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

ermite m

1. hermit

• French: ermite