shogun
French, noun/ʃɔ.ɡun/
shogun is spelled S-H-O-G-U-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shogun is a French masculine noun meaning “shogun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge…”.
What does shogun mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshogun
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge de l’empereur.
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 shogun
- shoguns plural
- chogoun
- chôgoun
- shogoun
- shôgoun
- shôgun
- shōgun
- chiogoun obsolete
- chiogoune obsolete
- djogoun obsolete
- shiogoun obsolete
- shiogoune obsolete
- siogoun obsolete
- syogoun obsolete
- syôgoun obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shogun?
- /ʃɔ.ɡun/
- \ʃɔ.ɡun\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shogun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shogun in French?
shogun appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).