different between mikado vs tsarina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??k??d??/
• Rhymes: -??d??

Noun

mikado (plural mikados)

1. (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan

   Synonym: tenno

3. a game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack

   Synonym: pick-up sticks

4. a fabric having a stiff twill weave

Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  Our great Mikado, virtuous man,

  When he to rule our land began,

  Resolved to try a plan whereby

  Young men might best be steadied.

Related terms

• Chrysanthemum Throne

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?mi.ka??do?/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

1. mikado, pick-up sticks (game of skill)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?mi?ka?.do?/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan

Esperanto

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (mikado).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?kado/
• Hyphenation: mi?ka?do
• Rhymes: -ado

Noun

mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)

1. mikado

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mikado), from ? (mi, “honorable”) + ? (kado, “gate, portal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ka.do/

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
3. mikado (game of skill)

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

mikado

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?kado/, [mi?ka.ð?o]

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. mikado

English

Alternative forms

• czarina
• tzarina

Etymology

Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsa??i?n?/, /za??i?n?/

Noun

tsarina (plural tsarinas, masculine tsar)

1. An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

Synonyms

• tsaritsa, czaritza

Related terms

• tsar
• tsarevna
• tsarevich

Translations

Further reading

• tsarina at OneLook Dictionary Search
• tsarina, tzarina, czarina, czaritza, czaritsa at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, artisan, astrain, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from Italian or Spanish, cf. the English etymology. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tsa??ri.na?/
• Hyphenation: tsa?ri?na
• Rhymes: -i.na?

Noun

tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)

1. tsarina (female tsar/empress, wife of a tsar)

   Synonym: tsarin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).

Noun

tsarina m (definite singular tsarinaen, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)

1. tsarina

   Synonym: tsaritsa

References

• “tsarina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).

Noun

tsarina f (definite singular tsarinaa, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)

1. tsarina

   Synonym: tsaritsa

References

• “tsarina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

tsarina f (plural tsarinas)

1. Alternative form of czarina