samurai

See also: Samurai and samurái

English

Etymology

An armoured and armed samurai.

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation

• (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

Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

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

Related terms

• ronin

Translations

feudal Japanese warrior

• Afrikaans: samoerai
• Albanian: samuraj (sq) m
• Arabic: سَامُورَاي‎ m (sāmūrāy)
• Armenian: սամուրայ (hy) (samuray)
• Azerbaijani: samuray
• Belarusian: самура́й m (samuráj)
• Bengali: সামুরাই (bn) (śamurai)
• Bulgarian: самура́й m (samuráj)
• Burmese: ဆာမူရိုင်း (hcamuruing:)
• Catalan: samurai m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶), 日本武士 (jat⁶ bun² mou⁵ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 武士 (zh) (wǔshì), 日本武士 (Rìběn wǔshì)

• Czech: samuraj m
• Danish: samurai
• Dutch: samoerai (nl) m
• Esperanto: samurajo
• Estonian: samurai (et)
• Finnish: samurai (fi)
• French: samouraï (fr) m
• Georgian: სამურაი (samurai)
• German: Samurai (de) m
• Greek: σαμουράι (el) m (samourái)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: סמוראי‎ m (samurai)
• Hindi: समुराई m (samurāī)
• Hungarian: szamuráj (hu)
• Icelandic: samúræji m
• Ido: samurai
• Indonesian: samurai (id)
• Interlingua: samurai
• Italian: samurai (it) m
• Japanese: 侍 (ja) (samurai), 武士 (ja) (bushi, mononofu)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: សាមូរ៉ៃ (saamuuray)
• Korean: 사무라이 (ko) (samurai), 무사(武士) (ko) (musa), (rare) 부시 (ko) (busi)
• Latin: samuraeus m
• Latvian: samurajs m
• Lithuanian: samurajus (lt) m
• Macedonian: самура́ј m (samuráj)
• Malay: samurai
• Marathi: सामुराइ m (sāmurāi)
• Mongolian: самуурай (mn) (samuuraj)
• Norwegian: samurai m
• Persian: سامورایی‎ (fa) (sâmurâyi)
• Polish: samuraj (pl) m
• Portuguese: samurai (pt) m
• Romanian: samurai (ro) m
• Russian: самура́й (ru) m (samuráj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самурај m

  Roman: samuraj (sh) m

• Slovak: samuraj m
• Slovene: samuraj m
• Spanish: samurái (es) m
• Swedish: samuraj (sv) c
• Tagalog: samuray
• Tamil: சாமுராய் (cāmurāy)
• Telugu: సామురాయ్ (sāmurāy)
• Thai: ซามูไร (th) (saa-muu-rai)
• Turkish: samuray (tr)
• Ukrainian: самура́й (uk) m (samuráj)
• Urdu: سمرائی‎ m (samurā'ī)
• Vietnamese: xamurai, samurai (vi), võ sĩ (vi) (武士), (rare) thị (vi) (侍 (vi))
• West Frisian: samûrai m

Anagrams

• Masuria

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Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

samurai

1. samurai

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
	gen.	samurain
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
instructive		—	samurain
abessive		samuraitta	samuraitta
comitative		—	samuraineen

Possessive forms of samurai (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	samuraini	samuraimme
2nd person	samuraisi	samurainne
3rd person	samurainsa

Anagrams

• saumari

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Further reading

• “samurai” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

samurai m (invariable)

1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

References

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

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Japanese

Romanization

samurai

1. Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɐ.mu.ˈɾaj/, /ˌsa.mu.ˈɾaj/

Noun

samurai m (plural samurais)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:samurai.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French samouraï.

Noun

samurai m (plural samurai)

1. samurai

Declension

Declension of samurai

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) samurai	samuraiul	(niște) samurai	samuraii
genitive/dative	(unui) samurai	samuraiului	(unor) samurai	samurailor
vocative	samuraiule		samurailor

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Spanish

Noun

samurai

1. Misspelling of samurái.