samurai
Portuguese, noun/sɐ.muˈɾaj/
samurai is spelled S-A-M-U-R-A-I (7 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samurai is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “artista marcial de origem japonesa”.
What does samurai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamurai (feudal Japanese warrior)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. artista marcial de origem japonesa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of samurai
- samurais plural
- samorai alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samurai?
- Brazil /sɐ.muˈɾaj/
- Brazil [sɐ.muˈɾaɪ̯]
- Brazil /sa.muˈɾaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to samurai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samurai in Portuguese?
samurai appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).