"mikado" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mikado.wav Forms: mikados [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|御門|tr=mikado}} Japanese 御門 (mikado), {{com|ja|御|門|nocat=1|t1=honorable|t2=gate, portal|tr1=mi|tr2=kado}} 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mikado (countable and uncountable, plural mikados)
  1. (history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-mikado-en-noun-ts4-kjkp Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (literary, countable) Any emperor of Japan. Tags: countable, literary Categories (place): Japan Synonyms: tenno Translations (emperor of Japan): 天皇 (tiānhuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 皇帝 (huángdì) (Chinese Mandarin), (dì) (Chinese Mandarin), mikado [archaic, common-gender] (Danish), japansk kejser (Danish), Japanse keizer [masculine] (Dutch), mikado [masculine] (Dutch), mikado (Esperanto), Japanin keisari (Finnish), mikado (Finnish), empereur japonais [masculine] (French), mikado [masculine] (French), Mikado [masculine] (German), mikádó (Hungarian), (mikado) (alt: みかど) (Japanese), 御門 (mikado) (alt: みかど) (Japanese), 天皇 (tennō) (alt: てんのう) (Japanese), 천황 (cheonhwang) (alt: 天皇) (Korean), 일왕 (irwang) (english: Korea under Japanese rule) (alt: 日王) (Korean), mikado (Malay), mikado [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mikado [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mikado [masculine] (Polish), mikado [masculine] (Romanian), мика́до (mikádo) [masculine] (Russian), Ngự Môn (alt: 御門) (Vietnamese), Nhật hoàng (alt: 日皇) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mikado-en-noun-eklbdymR Disambiguation of Japan: 31 61 6 2 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 3 7 3 11 22 1 3 7 25 Disambiguation of 'emperor of Japan': 24 71 4 2
  3. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics, Games, Heads of state, Monarchy Synonyms: pick-up sticks Translations (a game of skill): mikado (Danish), mikado [masculine] (Dutch), mikado (Finnish), דּוּקִים (dukim) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), mikádó (Hungarian), marokkó (Hungarian), micado [masculine] (Portuguese), mikado [neuter] (Romanian), plockepinn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mikado-en-noun-TS6hQImu Disambiguation of Fabrics: 8 24 41 27 Disambiguation of Games: 7 24 58 11 Disambiguation of Heads of state: 7 33 59 1 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 7 35 54 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 24 65 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 13 80 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 3 7 3 11 22 1 3 7 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 3 4 3 9 25 1 3 4 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 19 72 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 25 62 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 24 65 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 22 67 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 22 67 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 23 64 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 8 26 59 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 22 61 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 8 24 65 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 24 65 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 25 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 9 25 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 23 60 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 25 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 22 69 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 24 60 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 24 61 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 25 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 24 65 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 23 67 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 24 64 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 25 61 5 Disambiguation of 'a game of skill': 2 6 92 0
  4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mikado-en-noun-7t9J8laF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Chrysanthemum Throne

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "天皇"
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      "roman": "mikado",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "帝"
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      "word": "御門"
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      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "天皇"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheonhwang",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "천황"
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      "alt": "日王",
      "code": "ko",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "irwang",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "일왕"
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      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "mikado"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mikado"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mikado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mikado"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mikádo",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мика́до"
    },
    {
      "alt": "御門",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "Ngự Môn"
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    {
      "alt": "日皇",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "emperor of Japan",
      "word": "Nhật hoàng"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "word": "mikado"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mikado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "word": "mikado"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dukim",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "דּוּקִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "word": "mikádó"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "word": "marokkó"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "micado"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mikado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a game of skill",
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      "word": "plockepinn"
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}

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