samurai

Questions about samurai

What does samurai mean?

samurai means "a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in samurai?

samurai has 3 syllables: sam-u-rai. The stress falls on "sam". In IPA it is /ˈsæmʊˌɹaɪ/.

Is samurai a common word?

samurai is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with samurai?

3 words rhyme with samurai. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.