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English
Etymology
From the title of the chief work of Joseph Smith the Book of Mormon. Followers of his religious movement were called this since the 1830s. The title of the book comes from the name from the prophet who they believe compiled it, called Moroni, and/or the Waters of Mormon mentioned in it.
Some have suggested that name of Moroni was a play by the 14-year-old Joseph Smith on the word moron, but that term was not used before 1910. Other implausible etymologies have been proposed, usually in attempts to discredit or defend the Mormon faith.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mormon
- In Mormonism, an ancient American prophet who compiled the Book of Mormon.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
Mormon (plural Mormons)
- (originally derogatory, sometimes proscribed) A believer in the Mormon religion, which views Joseph Smith as a prophet of God and holds the Bible and the Book of Mormon as its primary scriptures.
- Synonyms: Latter-day Saint, LDS
Coordinate terms
- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion)
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Descendants
Translations
member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Afrikaans: Mormoon
- Albanian: mormon m, mormone f
- Amharic: ሞርሞን m (mormon)
- Arabic: مورموني m (mōrmōniyy), مورمونية f (mōrmōniyya), مورمونيون m pl (mūrmūnīyyūn), مورمونيات f pl (mūrmūnīyyāt)
- Armenian: մորմոն (hy) (mormon)
- Aromanian: murmon, mormon (male), murmonã, mormonã, murmoanã, mormoanã (female)
- Bengali: মরমন (moromon)
- Bulgarian: мормон (bg) m (mormon), мормонка f (mormonka)
- Catalan: mormó m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 摩門教徒/摩门教徒 (mo1 mun4 gaau3 tou4) (former translation), 摩爾門教徒/摩尔门教徒 (mo1 ji5 mun4 gaau3 tou4)
- Hokkien: 摩門教徒/摩门教徒 (Mô-bûn kàu-tô͘) (former translation), 摩爾門教徒/摩尔门教徒, 摩门教徒 (Mô-ní-bûn kàu-tô͘)
- Mandarin: 摩門教徒/摩门教徒 (Mómén jiàotú) (former translation), 摩爾門教徒/摩尔门教徒 (Mó'ěrmén jiàotú)
- Czech: mormon m
- Danish: mormon c
- Dutch: mormoon (nl) m
- Esperanto: mormono
- Finnish: mormoni (fi)
- French: Mormon m
- Georgian: მორმონი (mormoni)
- German: Mormone (de) m
- Greek: μορμόνος (el) m (mormónos), μορμόνα f (mormóna)
- Hausa: Mormon
- Hawaiian: Moramona
- Hebrew: מורמוני m (Mormoni)
- Hindi: मॉरमन m (mŏrman)
- Igbo: Mormon
- Interlingua: Mormon
- Japanese: モルモン (morumon)
- Kannada: ಮಾರ್ಮನ್ (mārman)
- Khmer: មរមន (môrômnô)
- Korean: 모르몬 (Moreumon), 몰몬 (Molmon)
- Kyrgyz: Мормон (Mormon)
- Lao: ມໍມອນ (mǭ mǭn)
- Latvian: mormoņu
- Lithuanian: mormonų
- Malayalam: മോർമൊൺ (mōṟmoṇ)
- Marathi: मॉर्मन (mŏrman)
- Mongolian: Мормон (Mormon)
- Nepali: मर्मन (marman)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: mormon m
- Nynorsk: mormon m
- Portuguese: mórmon (pt) m or f
- Punjabi: ਮਾਰਮਨ (mārman)
- Russian: мормо́н (ru) m (mormón), мормо́нка (ru) f (mormónka)
- Samoan: Mamona
- Sinhalese: මෝමන් (mōman)
- Somali: Mormon
- Spanish: mormón (es)
- Swedish: mormon (sv) c
- Tagalog: Mormon
- Tamil: மோர்மோன் (mōrmōṉ)
- Telugu: మార్మన్ (mārman)
- Thai: มอร์มอน (Mormon)
- Turkish: Mormon (tr)
- Urdu: مورمن m (morman)
- Vietnamese: Mormon
- Welsh: Mormon sg, Mormoniaid pl
- Yoruba: Mọmọnì
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Adjective
Mormon (not comparable)
- (sometimes proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr
- Afrikaans: Mormoons
- Albanian: mormon m, mormone f
- Amharic: ሞርሞን (mormon)
- Arabic: مورموني m (mūrmūnī), مورمونية f (mūrmūnīyya)
- Aromanian: mormonescu, murmonescu, murmunescu (male), mormoneascã, murmoneascã, murmuneascã (female)
- Bengali: মরমন (moromon)
- Bulgarian: мормо́нски (mormónski)
- Catalan: mormó
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 摩門/摩门 (mo1 mun4) (former translation), 摩爾門/摩尔门 (mo1 ji5 mun4)
- Mandarin: 摩門/摩门 (zh) (Mómén) (former translation), 摩爾門/摩尔门 (Mó'ěrmén)
- Czech: mormonský
- Dutch: mormoons (nl)
- Finnish: mormonilainen
- French: mormon (fr)
- Georgian: მორმონი (mormoni)
- German: mormonisch
- Greek: μορμονικός m (mormonikós)
- Hausa: Mormon
- Hawaiian: moramona
- Hebrew: מורמוני (mormoni)
- Hindi: मॉरमन m (mŏrman)
- Igbo: Mormon
- Khmer: មរមន (môrômnô)
- Kyrgyz: мормон (mormon)
- Lao: ມໍມອນ (mǭ mǭn)
- Latvian: mormoņu
- Lithuanian: mormonų
- Marathi: मॉर्मन (mŏrman)
- Mongolian: Мормон (Mormon)
- Navajo: Gáamalii
- Nepali: मर्मन (marman)
- Portuguese: mórmon (pt)
- Punjabi: ਮਾਰਮਨ (mārman)
- Romanian: mormon (ro) m, mormonă (ro) f
- Russian: мормо́нский (ru) (mormónskij)
- Samoan: Mamona
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мо̀рмо̄нски
- Roman: mòrmōnski (sh)
- Spanish: mormón (es)
- Thai: มอร์มอน (Mormon)
- Turkish: Mormon (tr)
- Urdu: مورمن m (morman)
- Vietnamese: Mormon
- Yoruba: Mọmọnì
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References
- ^ An early use is in the title of the 1839 Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons, Or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri.
- ^ Within the Book of Mormon, the waters are said by the book to have been named by "the king" (taken in context to be King Noah).
- ^ See Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, volume 13 (2015, →ISBN. The most prominent pro-Mormon etymology is the one, suggested in an 1834 Times and Seasons letter, that the term derives from English more + a supposed Egyptian *mon (“good”), which, however, modern scholarship considers figurative at best — see Paul Y. Hoskisson, What's in a Name? Mormon part 1 (Insights 32/2, 2012) and part 2 (Insights 32/3, 2012). Matthew Bowen suggested that the name derives from Egyptian mr(j) (“to love, desire”). On the anti-Mormon side, Eber D. Howe suggested in 1834 that "The English word Mormon is the English termination of the Greek word, "Mormoo," which we find defined in an old obsolete Dictionary "bug-bear, hob-goblin, raw head, and bloody bones"; Hoskisson writes that "almost any knowledgeable reader, even in 1834, would have recognized that this definition is not only fabricated but downright silly." An anonymous editorialist wrote in 1841 that " the reformed Egyptian tongue, Mormon a writer of wicked, absurd, fictitious nonsense, for evil purposes, to make sorcerors", which the Interpreter calls "laughable".