"yokai" meaning in All languages combined

See yokai on Wiktionary

Noun [Aneme wake]

IPA: \jokɑi\
  1. Poisson.
    Sense id: fr-yokai-aby-noun-vh07-UDQ Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en aneme wake
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈjoʊ.kaɪ\, \ˈjəʊ.kaɪ\ Forms: yōkai
  1. Yôkai.
    Sense id: fr-yokai-en-noun-xFDzuDz9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Français]

IPA: \jo.kaj\ Forms: yokais [plural], yōkai, yôkai, Yo-kai, Yō-kai
  1. Entité surnaturelle transmise dans le folklore populaire, provoquant des phénomènes surpassant la rationalité humaine.
    Sense id: fr-yokai-fr-noun-Rxj0W94L Categories (other): Lexique en français de la mythologie japonaise
  2. Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter)
    Sense id: fr-yokai-fr-noun-21zLkTMf Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "okiya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yo-kai"
    },
    {
      "word": "yokaï"
    },
    {
      "word": "yôkai"
    },
    {
      "word": "yōkai"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en français issus d’un mot en japonais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1980) Du japonais 妖怪, yōkai (« esprit, fantôme, apparition étrange »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yokais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yōkai"
    },
    {
      "form": "yôkai"
    },
    {
      "form": "Yo-kai"
    },
    {
      "form": "Yō-kai"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en français de la mythologie japonaise",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Entité surnaturelle transmise dans le folklore populaire, provoquant des phénomènes surpassant la rationalité humaine."
      ],
      "id": "fr-yokai-fr-noun-Rxj0W94L",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Mythologie japonaise"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter)"
      ],
      "id": "fr-yokai-fr-noun-21zLkTMf"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\jo.kaj\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en français issus d’un mot en japonais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    }
  ],
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    "(Début du XXᵉ siècle) Du japonais 妖怪, yōkai (« esprit, fantôme, apparition étrange »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yōkai"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ahmed Juhany, Japan Objects, 10 mai 2019 → lire en ligne",
          "text": "Yokai had existed in Japanese folklore for centuries, but was during the Edo period (17th-19th centuries) that they began to be widely seen in art.",
          "translation": "Les yôkai existaient dans le folklore japonais depuis des siècles, mais c'est à l'époque d'Edo (XVIIe-XIXe siècles) qu'ils ont commencé à être très présents dans l'art."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yôkai."
      ],
      "id": "fr-yokai-en-noun-xFDzuDz9"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈjoʊ.kaɪ\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈjəʊ.kaɪ\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "invariable"
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}

{
  "categories": [
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      "name": "Noms communs en aneme wake",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages à vérifier sans langue précisée",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "source": "w"
    }
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  "lang_code": "aby",
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  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    "syllabation à préciser ou à vérifier"
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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        }
      ],
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        "Poisson."
      ],
      "id": "fr-yokai-aby-noun-vh07-UDQ"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\jokɑi\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}
{
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    "Pages à vérifier sans langue précisée",
    "aneme wake"
  ],
  "lang": "Aneme wake",
  "lang_code": "aby",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "raw_tags": [
    "syllabation à préciser ou à vérifier"
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en aneme wake"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poisson."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\jokɑi\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}

{
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en français issus d’un mot en japonais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Début du XXᵉ siècle) Du japonais 妖怪, yōkai (« esprit, fantôme, apparition étrange »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yōkai"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "ref": "Ahmed Juhany, Japan Objects, 10 mai 2019 → lire en ligne",
          "text": "Yokai had existed in Japanese folklore for centuries, but was during the Edo period (17th-19th centuries) that they began to be widely seen in art.",
          "translation": "Les yôkai existaient dans le folklore japonais depuis des siècles, mais c'est à l'époque d'Edo (XVIIe-XIXe siècles) qu'ils ont commencé à être très présents dans l'art."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yôkai."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈjoʊ.kaɪ\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈjəʊ.kaɪ\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "invariable"
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}

{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "okiya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yo-kai"
    },
    {
      "word": "yokaï"
    },
    {
      "word": "yôkai"
    },
    {
      "word": "yōkai"
    }
  ],
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    "Lemmes en français",
    "Mots en français issus d’un mot en japonais",
    "Noms communs en français",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1980) Du japonais 妖怪, yōkai (« esprit, fantôme, apparition étrange »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yokais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yōkai"
    },
    {
      "form": "yôkai"
    },
    {
      "form": "Yo-kai"
    },
    {
      "form": "Yō-kai"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en français de la mythologie japonaise"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Entité surnaturelle transmise dans le folklore populaire, provoquant des phénomènes surpassant la rationalité humaine."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Mythologie japonaise"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\jo.kaj\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "yokai"
}

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