mikado
A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain periodA former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
» Is it possible to play mikado with cooked spaghetti?
megamanenm · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
(countable, literary)Any emperor of Japan.
The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
Mikado
мика́доmikádo
the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
(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.
Examples
1 sentencesIs it possible to play mikado with cooked spaghetti?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
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Forms
plural: mikados / mikadoSynonyms
2 synonyms- the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno:tenno
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.