mikado en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
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(countable, literary) Any emperor of Japan.
Our great Mikado, virtuous man, When he to rule our land began, Resolved to try a plan whereby Young men might best be steadied.
1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
An interval of eighty years, occupied by two mikado of whose doings nothing is recorded, brings us to the celebrated female sovereign who invaded and conquered Korea.
1878 July 1, “The Mythology and Religious Worship of the Ancient Japanese”, in The Westminster Review, volume CX, number CCXVII; New Series, volume LIV, number I, London: Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 30:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A fabric having a stiff twill weave.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| mikado | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mikados | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (40)
de Mikado (emperor of Japan) · fi mikado (emperor of Japan) · fi mikado (a game of skill) · ja 天皇 (emperor of Japan) · nl mikado (a game of skill) · el μικάντο (emperor of Japan) · ro mikado (a game of skill) · ko 일왕 (emperor of Japan) · da mikado (a game of skill) · nb mikado (emperor of Japan) · hu marokkó (a game of skill) · fr empereur japonais (emperor of Japan) · fr mikado (emperor of Japan) · vi Nhật hoàng (emperor of Japan) · ro mikado (emperor of Japan) · fi Japanin keisari (emperor of Japan) · ja 帝 (emperor of Japan) · nn mikado (emperor of Japan) · ru мика́до (emperor of Japan) · da mikado (emperor of Japan) · da japansk kejser (emperor of Japan) · pt micado (a game of skill) · ko 천황 (emperor of Japan) · sv plockepinn (a game of skill) · he דּוּקִים (a game of skill) · pl mikado (emperor of Japan) · nl Japanse keizer (emperor of Japan) · cmn 帝 (emperor of Japan) · ms mikado (emperor of Japan) · pl mikado (a game of skill) · pt micado (emperor of Japan) · ja 御門 (emperor of Japan) · nl mikado (emperor of Japan) · hu mikádó (a game of skill) · eo mikado (emperor of Japan) · is mikadó (a game of skill) · cmn 皇帝 (emperor of Japan) · hu mikádó (emperor of Japan) · cmn 天皇 (emperor of Japan) · vi Ngự Môn (emperor of Japan)