"Samsung" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/ Audio: en-us-Samsung.ogg [US] Forms: Samsungs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally “tristar” or “three stars”, combined to represent “powerful eternity”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|^삼성(三星)}} Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Samsung (plural Samsungs)
  1. A South Korean conglomerate company which makes electronics and ships. Categories (place): South Korea Translations (South Korean conglomerate company): ሳምሰንግ (samsäng) [masculine] (Amharic), سَامْسُونْجْ (sāmsūnj) [masculine] (Arabic), Սամսունգ (Samsung) (Armenian), স্যামসাং (sêmośaṅ) (Bengali), सैमसंग (saimᵊsaṅg) (Bhojpuri), Са́мсунг (Sámsung) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆမ်ဆောင်း (hcamhcaung:) (Burmese), 三星 (english: saam¹ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 三星 (Sānxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Samsung (Czech), Samsung (Finnish), სამსუნგი (samsungi) (Georgian), Σάμσουνγκ (Sámsoungk) [feminine] (Greek), સેમસંગ (semsaṅg) [masculine] (Gujarati), 三星 (Sâm-sên) (Hakka Chinese), סָמסוּנגְ (Sámsung) [masculine] (Hebrew), सैमसंग (saimsaṅg) [masculine] (Hindi), Samsung [feminine] (Italian), サムスン (Samusun) (Japanese), 三星 (alt: さむすん, Samusun; さんせい, Sansei) (Japanese), ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಸಂಗ್ (syāmsaṅg) (Kannada), 삼성 (Samseong) (alt: 三星) (Korean), Samsung (Lashi), സാംസങ് (sāṁsaṅŭ) (Malayalam), सॅमसंग (sĕmsaṅga) [masculine] (Marathi), सामसुङ (sāmasuṅ) (Nepali), سامسونگ (Samsung) (Pashto), سامسونگ (sâmsung) (Persian), Samsung [masculine] (Polish), ਸੈਮਸੰਗ (saimsaṅg) [masculine] (Punjabi), Са́мсунг (Sámsung) [masculine] (Russian), स्याम्सङ्ग् (syāmsaṅg) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Samsung [masculine] (Spanish), சேம்சங் (cēmcaṅ) (Tamil), శామ్సంగ్ (śāmsaṅg) (Telugu), ซัมซุง (sam-sung) (Thai), Samsung (Turkish), سیمسنگ (Sēmsang) [masculine] (Urdu), سامسۇڭ (samsung) (Uyghur), Sam-sung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Samsung-en-name-oCnvPiUm Disambiguation of South Korea: 42 34 24

Noun

IPA: /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/ Audio: en-us-Samsung.ogg [US] Forms: Samsungs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally “tristar” or “three stars”, combined to represent “powerful eternity”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|^삼성(三星)}} Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Samsung (plural Samsungs)
  1. A phone manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
    Sense id: en-Samsung-en-noun-Jpd1ODam
  2. An Android smartphone. Categories (topical): Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-Samsung-en-noun-j72cb~3c Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 26 16 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 60

Inflected forms

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      "word": "سَامْسُونْجْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Samsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Սամսունգ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "sêmośaṅ",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "স্যামসাং"
    },
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "saimᵊsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "सैमसंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Sámsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Са́мсунг"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcamhcaung:",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "ဆမ်ဆောင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "saam¹ sing¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "三星"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "Sâm-sên",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "三星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sānxīng",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "三星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samsungi",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "სამსუნგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sámsoungk",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σάμσουνγκ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "semsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "સેમસંગ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Sámsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סָמסוּנגְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saimsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सैमसंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Samusun",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "サムスン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さむすん, Samusun; さんせい, Sansei",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "三星"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "syāmsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಸಂಗ್"
    },
    {
      "alt": "三星",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Samseong",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "삼성"
    },
    {
      "code": "lsi",
      "lang": "Lashi",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāṁsaṅŭ",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "സാംസങ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sĕmsaṅga",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सॅमसंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "sāmasuṅ",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "सामसुङ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "Samsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "سامسونگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâmsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "سامسونگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "saimsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੈਮਸੰਗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sámsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Са́мсунг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "syāmsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्याम्सङ्ग्"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cēmcaṅ",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "சேம்சங்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "śāmsaṅg",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "శామ్సంగ్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sam-sung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "ซัมซุง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Samsung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "Sēmsang",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سیمسنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "samsung",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "سامسۇڭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "South Korean conglomerate company",
      "word": "Sam-sung"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Samsung"
  ],
  "word": "Samsung"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Korean",
    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for review of Hokkien translations",
    "en:Mobile phones",
    "en:South Korea"
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        "2": "ko",
        "3": "^삼성(三星)"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally “tristar” or “three stars”, combined to represent “powerful eternity”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Samsungs",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Min Ding, Jie Xu, The Chinese Way, page 337",
          "text": "They are wearing pajamas and shouldering pillows, with iPhones in their left hands and Samsungs in their right hands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs",
          "text": "Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses.",
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        "A phone manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung."
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        "An Android smartphone."
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈsæm.sʌŋ/"
    },
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        "rare"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Samsung"
  ],
  "word": "Samsung"
}

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