mikado

See also: Mikado and mikádó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ

Noun

mikado (plural mikados)

  1. (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
  2. (literary) Any emperor of Japan.
    The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
  3. A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack
  4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave

Quotations

  • 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
    Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
    When he to rule our land began,
    Resolved to try a plan whereby
    Young men might best be steadied.

Synonyms

  • (emperor of Japan): tenno

Translations

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Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese 御門.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

  1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
  3. mikado (game of skill)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Japanese みかど (mikado).

Noun

mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)

  1. mikado

French

Etymology

From Japanese, from (mi) "honorable" + (kado) "gate, portal"

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

  1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
  3. mikado (game of skill)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

mikado

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みかど

Spanish

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

  1. mikado
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