Samurai

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Japanese 2.1 Romaji

English

Pronunciation

• /sămʹ(y)ərīʹ/
• [ˈsæm(j)əˌɹaɪ]

  Rhymes: -æməraɪ

  Rhymes: -æmjəraɪ

Etymology

From Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai).

Noun

samurai (Plural: samurai, sometimes samurais)

1. In feudal Japan, a samurai was a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo.

Translations

Chinese: 武士 (wǔ shì) Dutch: samoerai m Finnish: samurai French: samouraï m, samourai m German: Samurai m Greek: Î£Î±Î¼Î¿Ï ÏÎ¬Î¹ m (samourái) Interlingua: samurai Italian: samurai m

Japanese: 侍 (さむらい, samurai) Latvian: samurajs m Polish: samuraj m Portuguese: samurai m Slovak: samuraj m Slovene: samuraj m Spanish: samurai m Swedish: samuraj

See also

• ronin

Japanese

Romaji

Samurai (さむらい)

1. 侍: samurai

fr:samurai