daimyo
/ˈdaɪ.mjoʊ/noun
daimyo is spelled D-A-I-M-Y-O: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, daimyo means “A lord during the Japanese feudal period” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of daimyo is daimyos or daimyoes.
How many letters and syllables are in daimyo?
| Letters | 6: D-A-I-M-Y-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is daimyo?
Daimyo appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce daimyo?
- UK /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/
- US /ˈdaɪ.mjoʊ/
Daimyo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-daimyo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of daimyo
- daimyos plural
- daimyoes plural
- daimyō
- daimyōs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does daimyo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of daimyo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Daimyo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese feudal lord:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does daimyo come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).