English-Swedish dictionary »

monastery, convent, cloister, abbatial, abbey meaning in Swedish

EnglishSwedish
monastery [monasteries] (building for monks)
noun
[UK: ˈmɒ.nə.stri]
[US: ˈmɑː.nə.ˌste.ri]

kloster [klostret ~, klostren]substantiv
{n}
The monastery closed after 900 years due to a shortage of monks. = Klostret stängde efter 900 år på grund av en brist på munkar.

convent [convents] (religious community of especially nuns)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒn.vənt]
[US: ˈkɑːn.vənt]

kloster [klostret ~, klostren]substantiv
{n}
The book is about a woman who enters a convent. = Boken handlar om en kvinna som går i kloster.

nunnekloster [~klostret ~, ~klostren]substantiv
{n}

convent [convents] noun
[UK: ˈkɒn.vənt]
[US: ˈkɑːn.vənt]

konvent [~et ~]substantiv

cloister [cloisters] (covered walk with an open colonnade)
noun
[UK: ˈklɔɪ.stə(r)]
[US: ˌklɔɪ.stər]

korsgång [~en ~ar]substantiv

cloister [cloisters] (place devoted to religious seclusion)
noun
[UK: ˈklɔɪ.stə(r)]
[US: ˌklɔɪ.stər]

kloster [klostret ~, klostren]substantiv

abbey [abbeys] (church of a monastery)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.bi]
[US: ˈæ.bi]

klosterkyrka [~n ~kyrkor]substantiv
{c}

abbey [abbeys] (monastery headed by an abbot)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.bi]
[US: ˈæ.bi]

abbottklostersubstantiv
{n}

cloister vault (structure created by intersection of vaults)
noun

klostervalvsubstantiv
{n}

Westminster Abbey (large Gothic church)
proper noun

Westminster Abbeyproper noun
{c}