different between kakuro vs sudoku

English

Etymology

From Japanese ???? (kakkuro).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???k?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??k??o?/

Noun

kakuro (countable and uncountable, plural kakuros)

1. (games) A type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group.

Translations

See also

• sudoku

French

Noun

kakuro m (plural kakuros)

1. (games) kakuro

See also

• sudoku
• mot caché
• mots croisés

Further reading

• “kakuro” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• su doku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?od?'ko?o, so?od?'ko?o, so?odo?o'ko?o, IPA^(key): /s??d??ku/, /s??d?ku/, /s??du?ku/, /s?-/, /su?-/
• (US, Canada) enPR: so?od?'ku, so?od?'ko?o, so?odo?o'k?, so?odo?o'ko?o, IPA^(key): /s??do?ku/, /s??d?ku/, /s??duko?/, /s??duku/, /s?-/, /su-/

Noun

sudoku (countable and uncountable, plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

Synonyms

• Number Place (US)

Derived terms

• sudokuist

Translations

See also

• Cross Sums
• hanjie
• hitori
• kakuro
• Latin square
• magic square
• masyu

Czech

Noun

sudoku n

1. sudoku

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

sudoku

1. sudoku

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Noun

sudoku

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Declension

French

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Noun

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

See also

• kakuro
• mot caché
• mots croisés

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese ??(????) (s?doku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.do.ku/
• Hyphenation: su?do?ku

Noun

sudoku (first-person possessive sudokuku, second-person possessive sudokumu, third-person possessive sudokunya)

1. (games) sudoku.

Further reading

• “sudoku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?do.ku/, /su?d?.ku/
• Rhymes: -oku, -?ku
• Hyphenation: su?dó?ku, su?dò?ku

Noun

sudoku m (invariable)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

References

• sudoku in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?d?.ku/

Noun

sudoku n (indeclinable)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Further reading

• sudoku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Noun

sudoku m (uncountable)

1. (puzzles) sudoku (a number puzzle)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?doku/, [su?ð?o.ku]

Noun

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Turkish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (s?doku, literally “numbers singly”).

Noun

sudoku (definite accusative sudokuyu, plural sudokular)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Declension