different between ruler vs mikado

English

Etymology

From Middle English reuler; equivalent to rule +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??u?l?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ul?/
• Rhymes: -u?l?(?)

Noun

ruler (plural rulers)

1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
2. A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Usage notes

In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:ruler
• (measuring instrument): rule

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:ruler

Translations

Verb

ruler (third-person singular simple present rulers, present participle rulering, simple past and past participle rulered)

1. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

Further reading

• ruler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ruler in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ruler on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• lurer

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ruler, from Middle English reuler.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ru?ler

Noun

ruler

1. a ruler

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