samurai

See also: Samurai and samurái

English

Etymology
An armoured and armed samurai.

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

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

Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

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

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑmurɑi̯/, [ˈs̠ɑmurɑi̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmurɑi
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧mu‧rai

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
Possessive forms of samurai (type maa)
possessor singular plural
1st person samuraini samuraimme
2nd person samuraisi samurainne
3rd person samurainsa

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. samurai: in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.
  2. (proscribed, colloquial) katana: a type of Japanese longsword or 日本刀(にほんとう) (nihontō), having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai, archaic さぶらい, saburai), 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 侍ふ (saburafu, “to serve”), ultimately derived from さ (sa-, prefix meaning "early") + 守らふ (morafu, “to keep watch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.muˈraj/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rài

Noun

samurai m (invariable)

  1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

References
  1. samurai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. samurai in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading
  • samurai in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

samurai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

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 using this term, see Citations:samurai.

Romanian

Etymology

From French samouraï.

Noun

samurai m (plural samurai)

  1. samurai

Declension
Declension of samurai
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) samurai samuraiul (niște) samurai samuraii
genitive/dative (unui) samurai samuraiului (unor) samurai samurailor
vocative samuraiule samurailor

Spanish

Noun

samurai

  1. Misspelling of samurái.
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