"wagyu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwæɡ.juː/, /ˈwɑːɡ.juː/ Forms: wagyus [plural], wagyu [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|和%牛|わ%ぎゅう}} 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), {{uder|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|倭|Japan|id=2}} 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”), {{ltc-l|和|a gloss for 倭 (<i><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted 000; cursor:help" title="Middle Chinese">MC 'wa</span></i>, “Japan”)|id=1}} 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”), {{ltc-l|牛|cow}} 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|wagyu}} wagyu (countable and uncountable, plural wagyus or wagyu)
  1. (countable) Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Cattle Translations (breed of cattle): واقيو (wāgyu) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), 和牛 (héniú) (Chinese Mandarin), vagjuo (Esperanto), 和牛 (wagyū) (Japanese), 와규 (wagyu) (Korean), ва́гю (vágju) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wagyu-en-noun-sVc4sILs Disambiguation of Cattle: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'breed of cattle': 63 37
  2. Beef from such cattle. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wagyu-en-noun-7bZMZpt~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kobe Derived forms: washugyu

Inflected forms

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