Standard Lemma guide

dojo

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯]
  • General-American: /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/
  • General-American: [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊdʒəʊ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of dohyo (“the ring in which a sumo wrestling match is held”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dohyo

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 道場 (dōjō, literally “place of the ways”). Doublet of dojang.

Borrowed from Japanese 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 武術館 /武术馆 (wǔshùguǎn) — training facility in martial arts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 武館 /武馆 (wǔguǎn) — training facility in martial arts
  • French: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • German: Dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Greek: ντότζο (ntótzo) — training facility in martial arts
  • Hungarian: dódzsó — training facility in martial arts
  • Indonesian: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Irish: seomra oiliúna — training facility in martial arts
  • Irish: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Italian: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Japanese: 道場 (dōjō) — training facility in martial arts
  • Korean: 도장 (dojang) — training facility in martial arts
  • Polish: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Portuguese: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Portuguese: dojô — training facility in martial arts
  • Russian: додзё (dodzjó) — training facility in martial arts
  • Spanish: dojo — training facility in martial arts
  • Ukrainian: доджьо́ (dodžʹó) — training facility in martial arts
  • Vietnamese: võ đường — training facility in martial arts
  • Vietnamese: đạo trường — training facility in martial arts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泥鰍 /泥鳅 (níqiū) — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
  • Finnish: aasianmutakala — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
  • Japanese: 泥鰌 (dojō) — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
  • Korean: 미꾸리 (mikkuri) — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
  • Polish: piskorz amurski — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
  • Polish: piskorz mułowy — pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)