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See also: Samurai and samurái

English

Etymology

English Wikipedia has an article on:

samurai

Borrowed from Japanese Category:English terms borrowed from Japanese#SAMURAI Category:English terms derived from Japanese#SAMURAI 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/Category:English 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI
(General American) enPR: sămʹə-rī', IPA^(key): /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/Category:English 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SAMURAI
(Indic) IPA^(key): /sɑmʊɾɑj/Category:English 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI
Rhymes: (General American) -æməɹaɪ, (Received Pronunciation) -æmʊɹaɪ, (RP) -æmjʊɹaɪ Category:Rhymes:English/æməɹaɪ#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:English/æməɹaɪ/3 syllables#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:English/æmʊɹaɪ#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:English/æmʊɹaɪ/3 syllables#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:English/æmjʊɹaɪ#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:English/æmjʊɹaɪ/3 syllables#SAMURAI

Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)Category:English lemmas#SAMURAI Category:English nouns#SAMURAI Category:English countable nouns#SAMURAI Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#SAMURAI Category:English indeclinable nouns#SAMURAI Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

Derived terms

Related terms

ronin

Translations

feudal Japanese warrior

Category:Entries with translation boxes#SAMURAI

Afrikaans: samoeraiCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#SAMURAI
Albanian: samuraj (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#SAMURAI
Arabic: سَامُورَاي m (sāmūrāy)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SAMURAI
Armenian: սամուրայ (hy) (samuray)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#SAMURAI
Azerbaijani: samurayCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SAMURAI
Belarusian: самура́й m (samuráj)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SAMURAI
Bengali: সামুরাই (śamurai)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#SAMURAI
Bulgarian: самура́й (bg) m (samuráj)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SAMURAI
Burmese: ဆာမူရိုင်း (hcamuruing:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#SAMURAI
Catalan: samurai mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SAMURAI
Chinese:
Cantonese: 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#SAMURAI, 日本武士 (jat⁶ bun² mou⁵ si⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#SAMURAI

Mandarin: 武士 (zh) (wǔshì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAMURAI, 日本武士 (Rìběn wǔshì)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAMURAI, 侍 (zh) (shì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SAMURAI
Czech: samuraj mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SAMURAI
Danish: samurai cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SAMURAI
Dutch: samoerai (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SAMURAI
Esperanto: samurajoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SAMURAI
Estonian: samurai (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#SAMURAI
Finnish: samurai (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SAMURAI
French: samouraï (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#SAMURAI
Frisian:
West Frisian: samûrai mCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#SAMURAI
Georgian: სამურაი (samurai)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SAMURAI
German: Samurai (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#SAMURAI
Greek: σαμουράι (el) m (samourái)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SAMURAI
Gujarati: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Gujarati#SAMURAI
Hebrew: סָמוּרַאי m (samurái)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#SAMURAI
Hindi: समुराई m (samurāī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SAMURAI
Hungarian: szamuráj (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SAMURAI
Icelandic: samúræji mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#SAMURAI
Ido: samuraiCategory:Terms with Ido translations#SAMURAI
Indonesian: samurai (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SAMURAI
Interlingua: samuraiCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#SAMURAI
Italian: samurai (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SAMURAI
Japanese: 侍 (ja) (さむらい, samurai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SAMURAI, 武士 (ja) (ぶし, bushi, もののふ, mononofu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SAMURAI
Javanese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Javanese#SAMURAI
Khmer: សាមូរ៉ៃ (saamuuray)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#SAMURAI
Korean: 사무라이 (ko) (samurai)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SAMURAI, 무사(武士) (ko) (musa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SAMURAI, 부시 (ko) (busi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SAMURAI (rare)
Lao: ຊາມູໄຣ (sā mū rai)Category:Terms with Lao translations#SAMURAI
Latin: samuraeus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SAMURAI
Latvian: samurajs mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#SAMURAI
Lithuanian: samurajus (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SAMURAI
Macedonian: самура́ј m (samuráj)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SAMURAI
Malay: samuraiCategory:Terms with Malay translations#SAMURAI
Marathi: सामुराई m (sāmurāī)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#SAMURAI
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: самуурай (mn) (samuuraj)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#SAMURAI
Norwegian:
Bokmål: samurai mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#SAMURAI
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سامورایی (fa) (sâmurâyi)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#SAMURAI Category:Terms with Persian translations#SAMURAI
Polish: samuraj (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SAMURAI
Portuguese: samurai (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SAMURAI
Romanian: samurai (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SAMURAI
Russian: самура́й (ru) m (samuráj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SAMURAI
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: саму̀ра̄ј mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SAMURAI

Latin: samùrāj (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SAMURAI
Slovak: samuraj mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SAMURAI
Slovene: samuraj mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#SAMURAI
Spanish: samurái (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SAMURAI
Swedish: samuraj (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SAMURAI
Tagalog: samurayCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#SAMURAI
Tamil: சாமுராய் (cāmurāy)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#SAMURAI
Telugu: సామురాయ్ (sāmurāy)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#SAMURAI
Thai: ซามูไร (th) (saa-muu-rai)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SAMURAI
Turkish: samuray (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SAMURAI
Ukrainian: самура́й (uk) m (samuráj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SAMURAI
Urdu: سَمُرائی m (samurāī)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#SAMURAI
Vietnamese: xamuraiCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI, samurai (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI, võ sĩ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI (武士Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI), thị (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI (侍 (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI) (rare), sĩ quan NhậtCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SAMURAI

Anagrams

Masuria

Category:en:Japan#SAMURAI Category:en:People#SAMURAI

Finnish

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
accusative	gen.	samurain	samurait
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
abessive		samuraitta	samuraitta
instructive		—	samurain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of samurai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		samuraini	samuraini
accusative	nom.	samuraini	samuraini
accusative	gen.	samuraini	samuraini
genitive		samuraini	samuraideni samuraitteni
partitive		samuraitani	samuraitani
inessive		samuraissani	samuraissani
elative		samuraistani	samuraistani
illative		samuraihini	samuraihini
adessive		samuraillani	samuraillani
ablative		samurailtani	samurailtani
allative		samurailleni	samurailleni
essive		samurainani	samurainani
translative		samuraikseni	samuraikseni
abessive		samuraittani	samuraittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	samuraineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		samuraisi	samuraisi
accusative	nom.	samuraisi	samuraisi
accusative	gen.	samuraisi	samuraisi
genitive		samuraisi	samuraidesi samuraittesi
partitive		samuraitasi	samuraitasi
inessive		samuraissasi	samuraissasi
elative		samuraistasi	samuraistasi
illative		samuraihisi	samuraihisi
adessive		samuraillasi	samuraillasi
ablative		samurailtasi	samurailtasi
allative		samuraillesi	samuraillesi
essive		samurainasi	samurainasi
translative		samuraiksesi	samuraiksesi
abessive		samuraittasi	samuraittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	samurainesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		samuraimme	samuraimme
accusative	nom.	samuraimme	samuraimme
accusative	gen.	samuraimme	samuraimme
genitive		samuraimme	samuraidemme samuraittemme
partitive		samuraitamme	samuraitamme
inessive		samuraissamme	samuraissamme
elative		samuraistamme	samuraistamme
illative		samuraihimme	samuraihimme
adessive		samuraillamme	samuraillamme
ablative		samurailtamme	samurailtamme
allative		samuraillemme	samuraillemme
essive		samurainamme	samurainamme
translative		samuraiksemme	samuraiksemme
abessive		samuraittamme	samuraittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	samurainemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		samurainne	samurainne
accusative	nom.	samurainne	samurainne
accusative	gen.	samurainne	samurainne
genitive		samurainne	samuraidenne samuraittenne
partitive		samuraitanne	samuraitanne
inessive		samuraissanne	samuraissanne
elative		samuraistanne	samuraistanne
illative		samuraihinne	samuraihinne
adessive		samuraillanne	samuraillanne
ablative		samurailtanne	samurailtanne
allative		samuraillenne	samuraillenne
essive		samurainanne	samurainanne
translative		samuraiksenne	samuraiksenne
abessive		samuraittanne	samuraittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	samurainenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		samurainsa	samurainsa
accusative	nom.	samurainsa	samurainsa
accusative	gen.	samurainsa	samurainsa
genitive		samurainsa	samuraidensa samuraittensa
partitive		samuraitaan samuraitansa	samuraitaan samuraitansa
inessive		samuraissaan samuraissansa	samuraissaan samuraissansa
elative		samuraistaan samuraistansa	samuraistaan samuraistansa
illative		samuraihinsa	samuraihinsa
adessive		samuraillaan samuraillansa	samuraillaan samuraillansa
ablative		samurailtaan samurailtansa	samurailtaan samurailtansa
allative		samurailleen samuraillensa	samurailleen samuraillensa
essive		samurainaan samurainansa	samurainaan samurainansa
translative		samuraikseen samuraiksensa	samuraikseen samuraiksensa
abessive		samuraittaan samuraittansa	samuraittaan samuraittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	samuraineen samurainensa

Category:Finnish maa-type nominals#SAMURAI

Anagrams

saumari

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

samurai

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese Category:Indonesian terms borrowed from Japanese#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian terms derived from Japanese#SAMURAI 侍(さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saˈmurai̯/ [saˈmu.rai̯]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI
Rhymes: -urai̯Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/urai̯#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/urai̯/3 syllables#SAMURAI
Syllabification: sa‧mu‧rai

Noun

samurai (plural samurai-samurai or para samurai)Category:Indonesian lemmas#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian nouns#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

samurai: in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo

Noun

samurai (plural samurai-samurai)Category:Indonesian lemmas#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian nouns#SAMURAI Category:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

(proscribed Category:Indonesian proscribed terms#SAMURAI, colloquial Category:Indonesian colloquialisms#SAMURAI) 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
Synonyms: katana, pedang samurai

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese Category:Italian terms borrowed from Japanese#SAMURAI Category:Italian terms derived from Japanese#SAMURAI 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]Category:Italian 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI
Rhymes: -aj Category:Rhymes:Italian/aj#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:Italian/aj/3 syllables#SAMURAI
Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rài

Noun

samurai m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#SAMURAI Category:Italian nouns#SAMURAI Category:Italian countable nouns#SAMURAI Category:Italian indeclinable nouns#SAMURAI Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Italian masculine nouns#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

(historical Category:Italian historical terms#SAMURAI) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

References

↑ samurai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
↑ samurai in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

samuraiCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#SAMURAI Category:Japanese romanizations#SAMURAI Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#SAMURAI Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

samurai

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

samorai (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese Category:Portuguese terms borrowed from Japanese#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese terms derived from Japanese#SAMURAI 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ.muˈɾaj/ [sɐ.muˈɾaɪ̯], /sa.muˈɾaj/ [sa.muˈɾaɪ̯]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sa.muˈɾaj/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#SAMURAI

Rhymes: -aj Category:Rhymes:Portuguese/aj#SAMURAI Category:Rhymes:Portuguese/aj/3 syllables#SAMURAI
Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rai

Noun

samurai m (plural samurais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese nouns#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese countable nouns#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Portuguese masculine nouns#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

(military Category:pt:Military units#SAMURAI, historical Category:Portuguese terms with historical senses#SAMURAI) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)
- 1897, Wenceslau de Moraes, “Reki-Shi (A Historia)” (chapter I), in Dai-Nippon (O Grande Japão), Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 48:
  Este sagaz programma politico escapa sem duvida á comprehensão do povo rude, dos samorais e dos ronins sobretudo, educados durante longos annos n’um principio, — o odio implacavel aos intrusos.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#SAMURAI Category:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#SAMURAI
- 1897–1899, Aluísio Azevedo, chapter II, in O Japão, São Paulo: Roswitha Kempf, published 1984:
  Ao declinar do sol, Ieiás era senhor do campo, distribuía postos militares e, pela primeira vez no Japão, armava, sob a sua espada, cavaleiros os samurais que se haviam distinguido na batalha.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#SAMURAI Category:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#SAMURAI
- 2006, Ricardo Serravalle Guimarães, Ensinamentos dos Mestres, Clube de Autores, page 106:
  Abaixo veremos o exemplo de um dos ensinamentos de um Samurai anônimo que viveu por volta do século XV e que reflete sobre seus conhecimentos e a sua relação com o mundo baseados no código de honra dos Samurais, o Bushido.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#SAMURAI Category:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#SAMURAI
- 2013, John Wick, translated by Alessandro Jean Loro, Blood & Honor: Um Jogo de Tragédia Samurai, Santos: RedBox, →ISBN, page 17:
  Então... você quer ser um homem onda (ronin, “homem onda”, era o nome dado aos samurais sem Daimyo, ou seja, que “ficavam à deriva na sociedade”), hã? Ok. Eis as regras.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#SAMURAI Category:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#SAMURAI

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Category:Romanian terms borrowed from French#SAMURAI Category:Romanian terms derived from French#SAMURAI samouraï.

Noun

samurai m (plural samurai)Category:Romanian lemmas#SAMURAI Category:Romanian nouns#SAMURAI Category:Romanian countable nouns#SAMURAI Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Romanian masculine nouns#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

samurai

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	samurai	samuraiul	samurai	samuraii
genitive-dative	samurai	samuraiului	samurai	samurailor
vocative	samuraiule		samurailor

Spanish

Noun

samuraiCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#SAMURAI Category:Spanish misspellings#SAMURAI Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SAMURAI Category:Pages with entries#SAMURAI Category:Pages with 8 entries#SAMURAI

misspelling of samuráiCategory:Spanish misspellings#SAMURAI

[1] samurai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

[2] samurai in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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