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Shinto en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.

Forms

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Shintō alternative lexicographic

Shinto en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).

Meanings

  1. Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
    • The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion. 1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66:

Forms

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Shintō alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Shintoist · Shintoistic · Shintoism · Shintoize · antishinto

Translations (69)

ja 神道 (religion) · az sintoizm (religion) · it scintoismo (religion) · pt xintoísmo (religion) · ta சின்த்தோ (religion) · et sintoism (religion) · is sjintóismi (religion) · hu sintó (religion) · th ชินโต (religion) · cmn 神道 (religion) · scn shintuismu (religion) · fy sjintoisme (religion) · nl Shintoïsme (religion) · ro șintoism (religion) · it shintoismo (religion) · de Shintoismus (religion) · vi Thần đạo (religion) · el σιντοϊσμός (religion) · pl szinto (religion) · bg шинтои́зъм (religion) · fi šinto (religion) · sk šintoizmus (religion) · ckb شینتۆ (religion) · uk синтої́зм (religion) · yue 神道 (religion) · lt šintoizmas (religion) · lb Schintoismus (religion) · lij scintoiximo (religion) · hi शिन्तो धर्म (religion) · ko 신토 (religion) · ru синтои́зм (religion) · fr shinto (religion) · ms Syinto (religion) · nds Schintoismus (religion) · sv shinto (religion) · be сінтаі́зм (religion) · eo ŝintoismo (religion) · ca xintoisme (religion) · ml ഷിന്റൊ (religion) · tr şinto (religion) · sh šintoizam (religion) · sh шинтоизам (religion) · te షింటోయిజం (religion) · de Sintoismus (religion) · de Schintoismus (religion) · fi šintolaisuus (religion) · cs šintoismus (religion) · fur sintoisim (religion) · ar شِنْتَوِيَّة (religion) · sv shintoism (religion) · hu sintoizmus (religion) · ar شِنْتُو (religion) · mk шинтои́зам (religion) · lv sintoisms (religion) · sl šintoizem (religion) · sgs šintoėzmos (religion) · he שינטו (religion) · es sintoísmo (religion) · an xintoísmo (religion) · id Shinto (religion) · ko 신도 (religion) · fr shintoïsme (religion) · eo Ŝintoo (religion) · af sjintoïsme (religion) · pl szintoizm (religion) · fa شینتو (religion) · ka შინტოიზმი (religion) · mr शिंतो (religion) · nan-hbl 神道 (religion)