shogun

See also shōgun

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), from an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (Seii Taishogun) which means the general who overcomes the barbarians.

Pronunciation

• enPR: shō'gŭn, IPA: /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/, X-SAMPA: /"S@UgVn/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns)

1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
   • The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent , and hath rayſed the perſecution ( whereof this booke intreateth ) againſt the Chriſtians , and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia .

     1619: W. W. Gent (tr.), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books

Derived terms

• shogunate
• shogunal

Translations

shogun

• Arabic: شوغون (ar) (shūghūn)
• Belarusian: сёгун (be) (sjóhun) m
• Bulgarian: шогун (bg) (šogun) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 將軍 (cmn), 将军 (cmn) (jiāngjūn)

• Czech: šógun (cs) m
• French: shogun (fr) m
• Georgian: სიოგუნი (ka) (sioguni)
• German: Shōgun (de) m, Shogun (de) m
• Hebrew: שוגון (he)
• Hindi: शोगुन (hi)
• Hungarian: sógun (hu)
• Italian: shōgun (it) m
• Japanese: 将軍 (ja) (しょうぐん, shōgun)
• Korean: 쇼군 (ko)

• Malay: syogun (ms)
• Marathi: शोगुन (mr) (śoguna) m, शोउगुन (mr) (śouguna) m
• Polish: siogun m, szogun m, shogun (pl) m
• Portuguese: xogum (pt) m
• Russian: сёгун (ru) (sjógun, sjogún) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шогун (sh) m

  Roman: šogun (sh) m

• Spanish: shōgun (es) m
• Swedish: shogun (sv)
• Thai: โชกุน (th)
• Turkish: şogun (tr)
• Ukrainian: сьоґун (uk) (s'ógun, s'ogún) m
• Vietnamese: shōgun (vi)

See also

• Shogun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɔɡun/

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguns)

1. shogun

Derived terms

• shogunal
• shogunat

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Polish

Alternative forms

• siogun, szogun

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɕɔɡun̪/

Noun

shogun m

1. shogun

Declension

    declension of shogun

	singular	plural
nominative	shogun	shoguni/shogunowie
genitive	shoguna	shogunów
dative	shogunowi	shogunom
accusative	shoguna	shoguni/shogunowie
instrumental	shogunem	shogunami
locative	shogunie	shogunach
vocative	shogunie	shoguni/shogunowie