noun
Meaning 1
A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
daimyo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: dī'myō
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/
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US: dī'myō
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US: /ˈdaɪ.mjoʊ/
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (dajH mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大名 (dàmíng) — Japanese feudal lord
- Esperanto: daimio — Japanese feudal lord
- Finnish: daimio — Japanese feudal lord
- French: daimyo — Japanese feudal lord
- German: Daimyo — Japanese feudal lord
- German: Daimio (Daimjo m, Daimiô) — Japanese feudal lord
- Ido: daimyo — Japanese feudal lord
- Japanese: 大名 (daimyō) — Japanese feudal lord
- Korean: 다이묘 (daimyo) — Japanese feudal lord
- Korean: 대명 (daemyeong) — Japanese feudal lord
- Marathi: दाइम्यो (dāimyo) — Japanese feudal lord
- Polish: daimyō — Japanese feudal lord
- Portuguese: daimio — Japanese feudal lord
- Russian: даймё (dajmjó) — Japanese feudal lord
- Spanish: daimio — Japanese feudal lord
- Swedish: daimyo — Japanese feudal lord
- Vietnamese: đại danh — Japanese feudal lord
- Vietnamese: daimyō — Japanese feudal lord