tenno

See also: Tenno

English

Alternative forms

Tenno, Tennou

Etymology

From Japanese 天皇 (Tennō てんのう, earlier ten'ou てんおう), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (tʰen-ɣwang) (compare Mandarin tiānhuáng 天皇), from Old Chinese 天皇 (*l̥ˁin-ɢʷˁaŋ "Heavenly Sovereign" → "Emperor"), from 天 ("Heaven") + 皇 ("sovereign").

Noun

tenno (plural tennos)

Japan’s head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family. The emperor of Japan.

Synonyms

mikado

Related terms

Chrysanthemum Throne

References

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary lists only the spelling tenno, noting that it is often capitalized.
Microsoft Encarta Online has no entry.

Anagrams

nonet, tenon, tonne

Japanese

Romanization

tenno

Rōmaji transcription of てんのう

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