Complete Definition of "samurai"

see|Samurai
English
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Pronunciation
/s�mʹ(y)�rīʹ/
[�sæm(j)��ɹaɪ]
rhymes|æm�raɪ, rhymes|æmj�raɪ

Etymology
From Ja. � (����, samurai).

Noun
en-noun|samurai|pl2=samurais

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

Translations
trans-top|feudal Japanese soldier
trreq|Arabic
Chinese: 武士 (w�shì)
Dutch: t-|nl|samoerai|m
Finnish: t-|fi|samurai
French: t+|fr|samouraï|m
German: t-|de|Samurai|m
Greek: �αμο��άι (samurái) m
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t|hu|szamuráj
Icelandic: samúræji m
Interlingua: samurai
Italian: t-|it|samurai|m
Japanese: � (����, samurai)
trans-mid
trreq|Korean
Latvian: samurajs m
trreq|Lithuanian
Polish: t-|pl|samuraj|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|samurai|m
Russian: t|ru|�ам��ай|m|scCyrl|trsamuráj
Slovak: t-|sk|samuraj|m
Slovene: t-|sl|samuraj|m
Spanish: t-|es|samurai|m
Swedish: t+|sv|samuraj
Thai: Thai|�ามู�ร (saamoorai)
trreq|Turkish
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Related terms
ronin

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals


Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira����|kanji�

  1. samurai#English|samurai

fr:samurai
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