different between kamikaze vs kamikazed

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæm??k??zi/
• (emulating Japanese) IPA^(key): /k??m??k??ze?/

Noun

kamikaze (plural kamikazes)

1. An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
2. One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
3. (colloquial) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
4. A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
5. (surfing) A deliberate wipeout.

Translations

See also

• hara-kiri
• hero
• martyr
• seppuku
• shaheed
• suicide
• suicide bomber

Verb

kamikaze (third-person singular simple present kamikazes, present participle kamikazeing, simple past and past participle kamikazed)

1. (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
2. (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
3. (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.

Adjective

kamikaze (not comparable)

1. suicidal, risking one's own life

References

• Discussion of this term on Languagehat, a language blog

Catalan

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze

Czech

Alternative forms

• kamikadze

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kam?kaz?]
• Rhymes: -az?

Noun

kamikaze m anim

1. kamikaze (one who makes an attack requiring his suicide, especially when done with an aircraft)

Declension

Further reading

• kamikaze in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi.kaz/, /ka.mi.ka.ze/

Noun

kamikaze m or f (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze (person carrying out a suicide attack); suicide bomber

Derived terms

• drone kamikaze

See also

• attentat-suicide

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??(????) (kamikaze, “divine wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamikaze/

Noun

kamikaze (first-person possessive kamikazeku, second-person possessive kamikazemu, third-person possessive kamikazenya)

1. the typhoons that saved Japan from invasion, divine wind
2. a kamikaze, a suicide pilot in World War Two

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (????, kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi?ka.ze/, /ka.mi?kad.d?ze/
• Rhymes: -aze, -adze
• Hyphenation: ka?mi?kà?ze

Noun

kamikaze m (invariable)

1. kamikaze

See also

• attentatore

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

kamikaze

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• camicase

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.?ka.z?/
• Hyphenation: ka?mi?ka?ze

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.

Adjective

kamikaze m or f (plural kamikazes, comparable)

1. kamikaze

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.

Romanian

Etymology

From French kamikaze.

Noun

kamikaze n (uncountable)

1. kamikaze

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (???? (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kami?ka?e/, [ka.mi?ka.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kami?kase/, [ka.mi?ka.se]
• Rhymes: -a?e, -ase

Noun

kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)

1. kamikaze
2. ghost driver, wrong-way driver

English

Verb

kamikazed

1. simple past tense and past participle of kamikaze