samouraï
French, noun/sa.mu.ʁa.i/
samouraï is spelled S-A-M-O-U-R-A-Ï (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samouraï is a French masculine noun meaning “samurai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido”.
What does samouraï mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamurai
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans le Japon féodal, soldat de situation noble, vassal d’un daimyo et qui respecte le bushido.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of samouraï
- samouraïs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samouraï?
- /sa.mu.ʁa.i/
- /sa.mu.ʁaj/
- \sa.mu.ʁaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to samouraï
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samouraï in French?
samouraï appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).