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Yes. The word sensei is a Scrabble US word. The word sensei is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word sensei is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

SEINES,SENSEI,

5-letter words (11 found)

ESNES,NISSE,SEINE,SEISE,SENES,SENSE,SENSI,SIENS,SINES,SNEES,SNIES,

4-letter words (18 found)

EINE,ENES,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,NESS,NIES,SEEN,SEES,SEIS,SENE,SENS,SESE,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,SNEE,

3-letter words (13 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,ESS,INS,NEE,NIE,NIS,SEE,SEI,SEN,SIN,SIS,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EN,ES,IN,IS,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from sensei according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sensei

sensei

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛnseɪ/

Noun

sensei (plural sensei or senseis)

  1. A martial arts instructor. Sensei of martial arts usually live and/or work at a dojo where they instruct their apprentices. A live-in apprentice is also called uchi-deshi.
    Synonyms: sifu, shifu
  2. A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese).

Translations

Anagrams

  • Essien, Neises, Neisse, Nessie, Nieses, Sinese, in esse, insees, sees in, seines

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn.sej/

Noun

sensei m (plural senseis)

  1. sensei (martial arts instructor)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (sen-ʂænɡ, “master, elder”), from 先 (“earlier, first”) + 生 (“born”). Compare Min Nan 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor, physician, teacher”). Doublet of sinse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen.sei/
  • Hyphenation: sén‧séi

Noun

sensei (first-person possessive senseiku, second-person possessive senseimu, third-person possessive senseinya)

  1. a martial arts instructor.
  2. a Japanese (language) teacher.
  3. a suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)
    Yamada-sensei

Related terms

  • sinse

Further reading

  • “sensei” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

sensei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せんせい

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (せんせい sensei).

Pronunciation

Noun

sensei

  1. teacher

References

  • sensei in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • sensei in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • sensei in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 305.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sen‧sei

Noun

sensei m or f by sense (plural senseis)

  1. sensei (martial arts instructor)
  2. sensei (a Japanese teacher or master)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsensei/ [ˈsẽn.sei̯]
    • Rhymes: -ensei
    • Syllabification: sen‧sei
  • IPA(key): /ˈsense/ [ˈsẽn.se]
    • Rhymes: -ense

Noun

sensei m (plural senseis)

  1. sensei (martial arts instructor)

Source: wiktionary.org