mikado

See also Mikado, and mikádó

English

Etymology

Japanese, from (mi) "honorable" + (kado) "gate, portal"

Noun

mikado (plural mikados)

1. (history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
2. (literary) Any emperor of Japan.

   The mikados of Japan are its emperors.

3. A game of skill, in which identical wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining sticks

Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  Our great Mikado, virtuous man,

  When he to rule our land began,

  Resolved to try a plan whereby

  Young men might best be steadied.

Translations

emperor of Japan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天皇 (cmn) (tiānhuáng), 皇帝 (cmn) (huángdì), 帝 (cmn) (dì)

• Dutch: Japanse keizer m, mikado m
• French: empereur Japonais m, mikado m
• Hungarian: mikádó (hu)

• Japanese: 帝 (ja) (みかど, mikado), 御門 (ja) (みかど, mikado), 天皇 (ja) (てんのう, tennō)
• Korean: 천황 (ko) (cheonhwang) (天皇 (ko))
• Russian: микадо (ru) (mikádo) m
• Vietnamese: Ngự Môn (vi) (御門 (vi)), Nhật hoàng (vi) (日皇 (vi))

a game of skill

• Dutch: mikado (nl) m

• Hungarian: mikádó (hu)

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• Interlingua: imperator, mikado

• Latin: imperator -is
• Spanish: emperador, micado

Synonyms

• (emperor of Japan): tenno

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Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese, from (mi) "honorable" + (kado) "gate, portal"

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje)

1. (history) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
3. mikado (game of skill)

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Japanese みかど (mikado).

Noun

mikado (plural mikadoj, accusative singular mikadon, accusative plural mikadojn)

1. mikado

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French

Etymology

From Japanese, from (mi) "honorable" + (kado) "gate, portal"

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. (history) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
3. mikado (game of skill)