samurai

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/
• (General American) enPR: sămʹə-rī', IPA^(key): /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -æməɹaɪ, (Received Pronunciation) -æmʊɹaɪ, (RP) -æmjʊɹaɪ

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

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

• samurai sword

• ronin

• Masuria

From Japanese 侍 (samurai).

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

samurai

1. samurai

• “samurai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• saumari

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

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

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.

• “samurai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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”).

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

samurai m (invariable)

1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

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

samurai

1. Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rai

samurai m (plural samurais)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:samurai.

Borrowed from French samouraï.

samurai m (plural samurai)

1. samurai

samurai

1. Misspelling of samurái.