shogun

See also: shōgun

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shō'gŭn, IPA(key): /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns or shogun)

  1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
    • 1619, W. W. Gent, transl., A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔ.ɡun/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguns)

  1. shogun

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Noun

shogun (plural shogun-shogun)

  1. alternative spelling of syogun

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃɔ.ɡun/, */ʃoˈɡun/[1]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Hyphenation: shò‧gun, sho‧gùn

Noun

shogun m (invariable)

  1. shogun

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ shogun in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shogun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂɔ.ɡun/, /ˈɕɔ.ɡun/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡun
  • Syllabification: sho‧gun

Noun

shogun m pers

  1. (uncommon, historical, military) alternative spelling of szogun

Declension

Declension of shogun
singular plural
nominative shogun shoguni/shogunowie/shoguny (deprecative)
genitive shoguna shogunów
dative shogunowi shogunom
accusative shoguna shogunów
instrumental shogunem shogunami
locative shogunie shogunach
vocative shogunie shoguni/shogunowie/shoguny (deprecative)
nouns
  • shogunat

Further reading

  • shogun in PWN's encyclopedia
  • shogun in the Korpus Języka Polskiego PWN [PWN Corpus of the Polish Language]

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French shogoun.

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguni)

  1. shogun

Declension

Declension of shogun
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative shogun shogunul shoguni shogunii
genitive-dative shogun shogunului shoguni shogunilor
vocative shogunule shogunilor

References

  • shogun in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

shogun c

  1. a shogun

Declension

Declension of shogun
nominative genitive
singular indefinite shogun shoguns
definite shogunen shogunens
plural indefinite shoguner shoguners
definite shogunerna shogunernas

References

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