Yoshi

See also: yoshi and yōshi

English

Etymology

From Japanese ヨッシー (Yosshī, “Yoshi, the Super Mario Bros. dinosaur character”), 義 (Yoshi, common Japanese male given name), and many other spellings. See よし.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊʃi/, /ˈjɒʃi/

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃi, -ɒʃi

Proper noun

Yoshi (plural Yoshis)

1. A male given name from Japanese.
2. A fictional dinosaur character from the Mario franchise.
   • 2023 October 18, Arthur Gies, “Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is One of the Weirdest Games of the Year. We Love It.”, in Wirecutter‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 October 2023:

     Each player can select from various Mario Bros. characters while you’re playing, and although Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, and the Toads have the same abilities, you can also play as Nabbit or any of a host of different-color Yoshis. Nabbit and the Yoshis can’t use in-game power-ups—no elephant Yoshis this time around—but they can’t be hurt by the environment and lose a life only if they fall into a pit or other hazard.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Yoshi.

Further reading

• Yoshi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

Yoshi

1. Rōmaji transcription of よし