# synagogue
## English
### Alternative forms

* synagog (much rarer)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -agogue.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪ.nəˌɡɒɡ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈsɪ.nəˌɡɑɡ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

synagogue (plural synagogues)
* (countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
    Synonym: temple
    Hyponyms: mega-synagogue, shul
** 2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.
* (countable, Judaism) A congregation of Jews or Samaritans for the purpose of worship or religious study.
* (countable, rare, religion) Any assembly of folk.
** 1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Hiſtorical, Political, and Miſcellaneous Works of John Milton‎, volume I, Amsterdam, page 267:But when they come hither, and ſee a Tympany of Spanioliz’d Biſhops ſwaggering in the fore-top of the State, and meddling to turn and dandle the Royal Ball with unskilful and Pedantick Palms, no marvel though they think it as unſafe to commit Religion and Liberty to their arbitrating as to a Synagogue of Jeſuits.
** 2024, Şener Aktürk, “Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe”, in International Security‎, volume 48, number 8, page 106:It is in this period that some Christian authors even refer to the “Synagogue of … Muhammad,” demonstrating the extent to which they perceive non-Christian groups as one and the same.¹¹¹

#### Coordinate terms

* church
* fire temple
* gurdwara
* House of Worship
* jinja
* mandir
* mosque
* temple

#### Derived terms

* mega-synagogue
* synagogal
* synagogical
* synagogue-goer
* synagogue-going
* Synagogue of Satan

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French synagogue, Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.na.ɡɔɡ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

synagogue f (plural synagogues)
* (countable, Judaism) synagogue (a place of worship for Jews or Samaritans)
    Le samedi je vais à la synagogue où mes parents ont grandi.On Saturday I go to the synagogue where my parents grew up.

### Further reading

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

## Middle French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”).

### Noun

synagogue f (plural synagogues)
* (countable, Judaism) synagogue (a place of worship for Jews or Samaritans)

### References

* synagogue on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)