different between ritual vs seppuku

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective r?tu?lis, from noun r?tuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?u.?l/

Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Derived terms

• ritually

Translations

Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

1. rite; a repeated set of actions

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

Anagrams

• litura

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ritualis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ri.tu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ritual (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

1. ritual

Related terms

• ritu

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ritual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??itu?æ?l]

Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

1. ritual

   Synonym: ritus

Declension

References

• “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ladin

Pronunciation

Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?twa?/

Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais, comparable)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

1. ritual

Romanian

Etymology

From French rituel or Italian rituale.

Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)

1. ritual

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rit?a?l/
• Hyphenation: ri?tu?al

Noun

ritù?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. ritual

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?twal/, [ri?t?wal]

Adjective

ritual (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite

Derived terms

• ritualismo
• ritualista

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (seppuku), from Middle Chinese ? (t?set, “to cut”) +? ? (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese ?? (tsit-fuk) and Mandarin ?? (qi?fù).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??pu?ku?/
• (General American) enPR: s?p?o?o-ko?o('), s?p??-, s?-po?o?-, s?-po?o?-, IPA^(key): /?s?pu(?)ku/, /?s?p?-/, /s??pu-/, /s??pu-/
• Hyphenation: sep?pu?ku

Noun

seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)

1. A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

Usage notes

• As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit.

Synonyms

• hara-kiri

Translations

See also

• bushido
• hara-kiri
• kamikaze
• suicide

Anagrams

• pukes up

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

seppuku

1. seppuku
   • 1997, Erik Østerud, Den Optiske Fordring: Pejlinger I Den Visuelle Kultur Omkring Henrik Ibsens Forfatterskab

     På grund af dette lovbrud beordrer shogunen Hangan til at begå seppuku.

     Because of this crime, the shogun commands Hangan to commit seppuku.

   • 1967, K. Holst Andersen, Mit hus i Japan

     ... det blev ham tilladt at begå seppuku, eller harakiri, selvmord ved at stikke en kniv i underlivet.

     ... he was allowed to commit seppuku, or harakiri, suicide by stabbing a knife into the part of the body consisting of the hip and the scrotum.

Declension

No declined forms attested.

Synonyms

• harakiri

Dutch

Alternative forms

• seppoekoe (rare)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pu.ku/
• Hyphenation: sep?pu?ku
• Rhymes: -uku

Noun

seppuku m (uncountable)

1. seppuku

   Synonym: harakiri

Japanese

Romanization

seppuku

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (???? (seppuku)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p?pu.ku/

Noun

seppuku n

1. seppuku

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• seppuku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

seppuku m (plural seppukus)

1. seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment)