samurai

See also: Samurai and samurái

English
An armoured and armed samurai.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/
  • (General American) enPR: sămʹə-rī', IPA(key): /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æməɹaɪ, -æmʊɹaɪ, -æmjʊɹaɪ, -æmjəɹaɪ

Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

  1. In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

samurai

  1. samurai

Declension
Inflection of samurai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative samurai samurait
genitive samurain samuraiden
samuraitten
partitive samuraita samuraita
illative samuraihin samuraihin
singular plural
nominative samurai samurait
accusative nom. samurai samurait
gen. samurain
genitive samurain samuraiden
samuraitten
partitive samuraita samuraita
inessive samuraissa samuraissa
elative samuraista samuraista
illative samuraihin samuraihin
adessive samurailla samurailla
ablative samurailta samurailta
allative samuraille samuraille
essive samuraina samuraina
translative samuraiksi samuraiksi
instructive — samurain
abessive samuraitta samuraitta
comitative — samuraineen

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai, “samurai, wait upon, serve”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.mu.rai/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rai

Noun

samurai (plural samurai-samurai, first-person possessive samuraiku, second-person possessive samuraimu, third-person possessive samurainya)

  1. samurai.

Japanese

Romanization

samurai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さむらい.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsɐ.mu.ˈɾaj/, /ˌsa.mu.ˈɾaj/

Noun

samurai m (plural samurais)

  1. (military, historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:samurai.

Spanish

Noun

samurai

  1. Misspelling of samurái.
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