mikado

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

• Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ

mikado (plural mikados)

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

   The mikados of Japan are its emperors.

   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
4. a fabric having a stiff twill weave

• 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.

• Chrysanthemum Throne

Borrowed from Japanese 御門.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kaːˌdoː/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌmiˈkaː.doː/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do

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

From Japanese みかど (mikado).

• IPA^(key): /miˈkado/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do
• Rhymes: -ado

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

1. mikado

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

• IPA^(key): /mi.ka.do/

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)

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

mikado

1. Rōmaji transcription of みかど

• IPA^(key): /miˈkado/, [miˈkaðo]

mikado m (plural mikados)

1. mikado