"tengu" meaning in English

See tengu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tengus [plural], tengu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 天狗. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|天狗}} Japanese 天狗 Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tengu}} tengu (plural tengus or tengu)
  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose. Wikipedia link: tengu Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Gods, Japanese mythology, Mythological creatures, Shinto Translations (mythical Japanese creature): տանգու (tangu) (Armenian), 天狗 (tiāngǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), tengu (Finnish), tengu [masculine] (French), τένγκου (téngkou) (Greek), 天狗 (tengu) (Japanese), 텐구 (ten'gu) (Korean), ꯇꯦꯟꯒꯨ (tengoo) (Manipuri), तेंगू (teṅgū) [masculine] (Marathi), тэ́нгу (tɛ́ngu) [masculine] (Russian), การาสุเทนกุ (Thai), те́нґу (téngu) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tengu meaning in English (3.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "天狗"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 天狗",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 天狗.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tengus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "tengu"
      },
      "expansion": "tengu (plural tengus or tengu)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gods",
          "orig": "en:Gods",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Japanese mythology",
          "orig": "en:Japanese mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Japan",
            "Mythology",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "en:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Shapeshifters",
          "orig": "en:Shapeshifters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Shinto",
          "orig": "en:Shinto",
          "parents": [
            "Japan",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose."
      ],
      "id": "en-tengu-en-noun-XvUkquAh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Shinto",
          "Shinto"
        ],
        [
          "mythical",
          "mythical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Shinto",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tangu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "տանգու"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiāngǒu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "天狗"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "tengu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tengu"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "téngkou",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "τένγκου"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tengu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "天狗"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ten'gu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "텐구"
        },
        {
          "code": "mni",
          "lang": "Manipuri",
          "roman": "tengoo",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "ꯇꯦꯟꯒꯨ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "teṅgū",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तेंगू"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tɛ́ngu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тэ́нгу"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "การาสุเทนกุ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "téngu",
          "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
          "word": "те́нґу"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tengu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tengu"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "天狗"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 天狗",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 天狗.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tengus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "tengu"
      },
      "expansion": "tengu (plural tengus or tengu)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Japanese",
        "English terms derived from Japanese",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Gods",
        "en:Japanese mythology",
        "en:Mythological creatures",
        "en:Shapeshifters",
        "en:Shinto"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Shinto",
          "Shinto"
        ],
        [
          "mythical",
          "mythical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Shinto",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tengu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tangu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "տանգու"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiāngǒu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "天狗"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "tengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "téngkou",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "τένγκου"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tengu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "天狗"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ten'gu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "텐구"
    },
    {
      "code": "mni",
      "lang": "Manipuri",
      "roman": "tengoo",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "ꯇꯦꯟꯒꯨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "teṅgū",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तेंगू"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛ́ngu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тэ́нгу"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "การาสุเทนกุ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "téngu",
      "sense": "mythical Japanese creature",
      "word": "те́нґу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tengu"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.