shogun

See also: shōgun

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) xogun

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), from an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (Seii Taishogun) which means "General who overcomes the barbarians", from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 將軍 (tsjang-kjun "leader of troops", "general") (whence also Mandarin 將軍／将军 (jiāngjūn)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shō'gŭn, IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns or shogun)

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: شُوغُون m (šogun), شُوغُون m (šūḡūn)
• Belarusian: сёгун m (sjóhun)
• Bulgarian: шо́гун m (šógun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 將軍／将军 (zh) (jiāngjūn), 将军 (zh) (jiāngjūn)

• Czech: šógun m
• Danish: shogun c
• Esperanto: ŝoguno
• Finnish: shōgun (fi)
• French: shogun (fr) m
• Georgian: სიოგუნი (sioguni)
• German: Shōgun (de) m, Shogun m
• Hebrew: שוגון m (shogun)
• Hindi: शोगुन m (śogun)
• Hungarian: sógun (hu)
• Indonesian: syogun (id)
• Italian: shōgun m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 将軍 (ja) (しょうぐん, shōgun)
• Korean: 장군 (ko) (janggun), 쇼군 (syogun)
• Malay: syogun
• Marathi: शोगुन m (śogun), शोउगुन m (śougun)
• Polish: siogun m, szogun (pl) m, shogun (pl) m
• Portuguese: xogum (pt) m
• Russian: сёгу́н (ru) m (sjogún), сёгун (ru) m (sjógun)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шогун m

  Roman: šogun (sh) m

• Slovak: šógun m
• Spanish: shōgun m
• Swedish: shogun (sv)
• Thai: โชกุน
• Turkish: şogun
• Ukrainian: сьо́ґун m (sʹógun)
• Vietnamese: shōgun

See also

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Anagrams

• snough

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 将軍.

Noun

shogun

1. shogun

Declension

Declension of shogun

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shogun	shogunen	shoguner	shogunerne
genitive	shoguns	shogunens	shoguners	shogunernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.ɡun/

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguns)

1. shogun

Derived terms

• shogunal
• shogunat

Further reading

• “shogun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• syogun (standard)

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), from an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishogun) which means "general who overcomes the barbarians", from Middle Chinese 將軍 (tsjàng-kjun, “leader of troops, general”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.ɡun/
• Hyphenation: sho‧gun

Noun

shogun (first-person possessive shogunku, second-person possessive shogunmu, third-person possessive shogunnya)

1. (nonstandard) The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• sciogun

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɡun/, [ʃoˈɡun̺]
• Hyphenation: sho‧gùn

Noun

shogun m (uncountable)

1. shogun

Derived terms

• shogunale
• shogunato

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Polish

Alternative forms

• siogun, szogun

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 将軍 (shōgun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈɕɔ.ɡun//, //ˈʂɔ.ɡun//

Noun

shogun m pers

1. (uncommon) 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