"sensei" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛnseɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sensei.wav Forms: sensei [plural], senseis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnseɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|先生|せんせい|teacher; elder}} 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), {{der|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|先生|master, elder|id=1,1}} 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), {{ltc-l|先|earlier, first|id=1,1}} 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”), {{ltc-l|生|born|id=1,1}} 生 (MC sraeng, “born”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|先生|Mr.}} 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”), {{doublet|en|sinseh}} Doublet of sinseh, {{bor|en|nan-hbl|先生|nocat=1|tr=sin-seⁿ}} Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ) Head templates: {{en-noun|sensei|s}} sensei (plural sensei or senseis)
  1. A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art. Categories (topical): Martial arts, People Synonyms: sifu, shifu Translations (martial arts instructor): مُدَرِّب (mudarrib) [masculine] (Arabic), 師傅 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 师傅 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 師傅 (Chinese Cantonese), 师傅 (si¹ fu⁶, si¹ fu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 師傅 (Chinese Mandarin), 师傅 (shīfu, shīfù) (Chinese Mandarin), mestari (Finnish), sensei [masculine] (French), sensei (Galician), Sensei [masculine] (German), σενσέι (senséi) [masculine] (Greek), sensei (Indonesian), 先生 (sensei) (alt: せんせい) (Japanese), 선생 (seonsaeng) (alt: 先生) (Korean), 선생님 (seonsaengnim) [honorific] (Korean), سنسی (sensey) (Persian), sensei [masculine] (Portuguese), сэнсэ́й (sɛnsɛ́j) [masculine] (Russian), ма́стер (máster) [masculine] (Russian), сенсе́й (senséj) [masculine] (Russian), sensei [masculine] (Spanish), senséi (english: proper use of accent marks) [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sensei-en-noun-FLxbAqRG Disambiguation of Martial arts: 81 11 8 Disambiguation of People: 42 27 32 Disambiguation of 'martial arts instructor': 96 2 2
  2. A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese). Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (Japanese language teacher): sensei [masculine] (French), Sensei [masculine] (German), sensei (Indonesian), 先生 (sensei) (alt: せんせい) (Japanese), سنسی (sensey) (Persian), sensei [masculine] (Portuguese), сэнсэ́й (sɛnsɛ́j) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sensei-en-noun-Z7cPMw8V Disambiguation of Occupations: 28 45 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 58 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 19 38 5 3 11 17 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 35 4 3 9 20 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 27 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 21 72 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 73 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 69 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 20 72 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 24 60 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 67 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 69 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 61 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 60 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 75 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 71 10 Disambiguation of 'Japanese language teacher': 15 56 28
  3. A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan. Categories (place): Japan Translations (teacher in the context of Japan): 先生 (sensei) (alt: せんせい) (Japanese), 센세이 (sensei) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-sensei-en-noun-WyoVUYff Disambiguation of Japan: 3 6 91 Disambiguation of 'teacher in the context of Japan': 4 19 77

Inflected forms

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    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "先生",
        "2": "せんせい",
        "3": "teacher; elder"
      },
      "expansion": "先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "先生",
        "2": "master, elder",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "先",
        "2": "earlier, first",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "生",
        "2": "born",
        "id": "1,1"
      },
      "expansion": "生 (MC sraeng, “born”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "先生",
        "2": "Mr."
      },
      "expansion": "先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sinseh"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sinseh",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "先生",
        "nocat": "1",
        "tr": "sin-seⁿ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "senseis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sensei",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "sensei (plural sensei or senseis)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "martial arts",
          "martial arts"
        ],
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sifu"
        },
        {
          "word": "shifu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "mentor",
          "mentor"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛnseɪ/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sensei.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnseɪ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mudarrib",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدَرِّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "師傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "si¹ fu⁶, si¹ fu²",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "师傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "師傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "师傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "師傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīfu, shīfù",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "师傅"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "mestari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "senséi",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σενσέι"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "先生"
    },
    {
      "alt": "先生",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonsaeng",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "선생"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonsaengnim",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "선생님"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sensey",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "word": "سنسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sɛnsɛ́j",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сэнсэ́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máster",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́стер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "senséj",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сенсе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "proper use of accent marks",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "martial arts instructor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senséi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "word": "先生"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sensey",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "word": "سنسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sɛnsɛ́j",
      "sense": "Japanese language teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сэнсэ́й"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "sense": "teacher in the context of Japan",
      "word": "先生"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sensei",
      "sense": "teacher in the context of Japan",
      "word": "센세이"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sensei"
  ],
  "word": "sensei"
}

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