sumo
French, noun/sy.mo/
sumo is spelled S-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumo is a French masculine noun meaning “sumo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sport de lutte japonais, consistant à faire sortir l’adversaire hors d’un cercle marquant la zone de lutte ou…”.
What does sumo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesumo
- 2
masculinesumotori
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport de lutte japonais, consistant à faire sortir l’adversaire hors d’un cercle marquant la zone de lutte ou à le faire tomber. 2. Sumotori.
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 sumo
- sumos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sumo?
- /sy.mo/
- /su.mo/
- \sy.mo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sumo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumo in French?
sumo appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).