sumo

Woodbrick painting of sumo wrestlers.

See also: Sumo, SUMO, and sumó

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō), literally “to mutually rush at”.

Pronunciation

• enPR: soo͞'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːməʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːməʊ

Noun

sumo (uncountable)

Sumo wrestlers gathering in a circle.

1. a stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touch the ground.
2. A sumo wrestler

Translations

A stylised Japanese form of wrestling

• Arabic: سومو m (suumuu)
• Armenian: սումո (sumo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相撲 (zh), 相扑 (zh) (xiāngpū)

• French: sumo (fr) m
• German: Sumo n
• Italian: sumo m

• Japanese: 相撲 (すもう, sumō)
• Korean: 스모 (seumo)
• Malay: sumo
• Marathi: सुमो (sumo)
• Polish: sumo (pl) n
• Portuguese: sumô (pt) m
• Russian: сумо (ru) n (sumó)

Derived terms

• kanjin-sumo

Anagrams

• muso, soum

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Esperanto

Noun

sumo (plural sumoj, accusative singular sumon, accusative plural sumojn)

1. sum

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Galician

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

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Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Noun

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sumo m (invariable)

1. sumo (Japanese wrestling)

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumere

Anagrams

• muso

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Latin

Etymology

sub (“under”) + emere (“to buy, take”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.moː/

Verb

present active sūmō, present infinitive sūmere, perfect active sūmpsī, supine sūmptum

1. I take, take up, assume; seize; claim, arrogate.
2. I undertake, begin, enter upon.
3. I exact satisfaction, inflict punishment.
4. I choose, select.
5. I obtain, acquire, receive, get, take.
6. I use, apply, employ, spend, consume.
7. I adopt; borrow.
8. I buy, purchase.
9. I fascinate, charm.

Inflection

Conjugation of sumo (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūmō	sūmis	sūmit	sūmimus	sūmitis	sūmunt
	imperfect	sūmēbam	sūmēbās	sūmēbat	sūmēbāmus	sūmēbātis	sūmēbant
	future	sūmam	sūmēs	sūmet	sūmēmus	sūmētis	sūment
	perfect	sūmpsī	sūmpsistī	sūmpsit	sūmpsimus	sūmpsistis	sūmpsērunt
	pluperfect	sūmpseram	sūmpserās	sūmpserat	sūmpserāmus	sūmpserātis	sūmpserant
	future perfect	sūmpserō	sūmpseris	sūmpserit	sūmpserimus	sūmpseritis	sūmpserint
passive	present	sūmor	sūmeris	sūmitur	sūmimur	sūmiminī	sūmuntur
	imperfect	sūmēbar	sūmēbāris	sūmēbātur	sūmēbāmur	sūmēbāminī	sūmēbantur
	future	sūmar	sūmēris	sūmētur	sūmēmur	sūmēminī	sūmentur
	perfect	sūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūmam	sūmās	sūmat	sūmāmus	sūmātis	sūmant
	imperfect	sūmerem	sūmerēs	sūmeret	sūmerēmus	sūmerētis	sūmerent
	perfect	sūmpserim	sūmpserīs	sūmpserit	sūmpserīmus	sūmpserītis	sūmpserint
	pluperfect	sūmpsissem	sūmpsissēs	sūmpsisset	sūmpsissēmus	sūmpsissētis	sūmpsissent
passive	present	sūmar	sūmāris	sūmātur	sūmāmur	sūmāminī	sūmantur
	imperfect	sūmerer	sūmerēris	sūmerētur	sūmerēmur	sūmerēminī	sūmerentur
	perfect	sūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sūme	—	—	sūmite	—
	future	—	sūmitō	sūmitō	—	sūmitōte	sūmuntō
passive	present	—	sūmere	—	—	sūmiminī	—
	future	—	sūmitor	sūmitor	—	—	sūmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sūmere	sūmpsisse	sūmptūrus esse	sūmī	sūmptus esse	sūmptum īrī
participles		sūmēns	—	sūmptūrus	—	sūmptus	sūmendus

Derived terms

• absūmō
• assūmō
• cōnsūmō
• dēsūmō
• īnsūmō
• praesūmō

• resūmō
• subsūmō
• sūmptiō
• sūmptitō
• sūmptus
• trānsūmō

Descendants

• Italian: sumere
• Spanish: sumir

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō) to mutually rush at

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ũmɔ]

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Noun

sumo n (indeclinable)

1. sumo

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mu/

Etymology 1

From Latin summus.

Adjective

sumo m (feminine suma plural sumos feminine plural sumas; comparable)

1. highest, greatest.

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. summit, top.

Etymology 2

sumo

From Old Portuguese çumo, from Arabic زوم (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Cognate of Galician zume and Spanish zumo.

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. (Portugal) juice.

Synonyms

• suco (Brasil)

Etymology 3

sumo

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō) to mutually rush at.

Alternative forms

• (Brazil) sumô

Noun

sumo m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts, Portugal) sumo.

Etymology 4

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.mo̞]
• Homophone: zumo (Lat. Am.)

Etymology 1

From Latin summus.

Adjective

sumo m (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest, superlative

   Caifás era sumo sacerdote. Caiaphas was the high priest.

2. utmost

Derived terms

• sumamente

Etymology 2

Verb

sumo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sumar.

Etymology 3

Verb

sumo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sumir.

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology 4

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō) to mutually rush at

Noun

sumo m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) sumo