Samurai

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Pronunciation

• /sămʹ(y)ərīʹ/
• [ˈsæm(j)əˌɹaɪ]

Etymology

From Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai).

Noun

samurai (Plural: samurai, sometimes samurais )

1. In feudal Japan, a samurai was a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo.

Translations

• Dutch: samoerai m
• Finnish: samurai
• French: samouraï m, samourai m
• German: Samurai m
• Greek: Σαμουράι m (samourái)
• Interlingua: samurai
• Italian: samurai m
• Japanese: 侍 (さむらい, samurai)
• Latvian: samurajs m
• Polish: samuraj m
• Portuguese: samurai m

  samuraj m

• Slovene: samuraj m
• Spanish: samurai?
• Swedish: samuraj

See also

• ronin
• Wikipedia article on samurai