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4-letter words (4 found)

MOUS,MUSO,SOUM,SUMO,

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Definitions and meaning of sumo

sumo

English

Alternative forms

  • sumō

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ()(もう) (sumō).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: so͞o'mō, IPA(key): /ˈsuːməʊ/
  • Rhymes: -uːməʊ

Noun

sumo (countable and uncountable, plural sumo or sumos)

  1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
  2. (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler).

Derived terms

  • kanjin-sumo
  • sumo deadlift
  • sumo squat

Translations

Anagrams

  • MOUs, MoUs, Mous, muso, soum

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsu.mu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsu.mo]

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧mo

Adjective

sumo

  1. monotonous; tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
  2. slow-burning

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

sumo (accusative singular sumon, plural sumoj, accusative plural sumojn)

  1. sum

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese. Compare English sumo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsumo/, [ˈs̠umo̞]
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Syllabification(key): su‧mo
  • Hyphenation(key): su‧mo

Noun

sumo

  1. (sports) sumo (wrestling style of Japanese origin)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sumo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.mo/, /su.mo/

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

  1. sumo
  2. sumotori

Galician

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (すもう, sumō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.mo/
  • Hyphenation: su‧mo

Verb

sumo

  1. (sports) sumo (Japanese traditional wrestling)

Derived terms

  • pesumo (a sumo wrestler)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.mo/
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Hyphenation: sù‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Noun

sumo m (invariable)

  1. sumo (Japanese wrestling)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumere

Anagrams

  • muso, musò

Ladino

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish çumo, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زُوم (zūm, juice, sap), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós).

Noun

sumo m (Hebrew spelling סומו)

  1. juice (liquid from a plant)
Alternative forms
  • zumo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of sumar

References

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *susmō, from *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-. By surface analysis, sub +‎ emō (to buy, take), with excrescent p in sūmpsī and sūmptum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.moː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.mo]

Verb

sūmō (present infinitive sūmere, perfect active sūmpsī, supine sūmptum); third conjugation

  1. to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
  2. to undertake, begin, enter upon
  3. to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment
  4. to choose, select
  5. to obtain, acquire, receive, get, take
  6. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume
  7. to adopt; borrow
  8. to buy, purchase
    Synonyms: coëmō, comparo, emo
    Antonyms: addico, dēferō, vendo
  9. to accept, presuppose, establish as a principle
  10. to fascinate, charm
  11. to put on
    Synonyms: indūcō, induō, saepiō, vēlō
    Antonyms: exuō, nūdō, spoliō
  12. to take heart

Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms

  • (seize): apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, teneō, capiō, arripiō
  • (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, lucror, impetrō, mereō, teneō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, potior, inveniō, colligō, alliciō
  • (begin): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, committō, exorior, moveō, mōlior
  • (accept): accipio, recipio, ascīscō, concipio
  • (select): dēsūmō, dēligō, ēligō, adoptō, optō, sēpōnō legō, dēstinō, capiō, creō
  • (assume): adhibeō, assūmō, adoptō, suscipiō, induō, accipiō, indūcō, ineō, aggredior
  • (undertake): ineo, obeo
  • (use): utor, adhibeō, occupō, ūsūrpō, vēscor
  • (consume): abutor, accido

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of begin): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō, remittō
  • (antonym(s) of acquire): āmittō

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sumo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • sumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.mɔ/
  • Rhymes: -umɔ
  • Syllabification: su‧mo

Noun

sumo n (indeclinable)

  1. sumo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sumo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sumo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -umu
  • Hyphenation: su‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summus.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

  1. highest, greatest
Derived terms
  • sumamente

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

  1. summit, top
    Synonyms: cume, cimo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese çumo, from Arabic زُوم (zūm, juice, sap), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Cognate of Galician zume and Spanish zumo.

Alternative forms

  • çumo, çume (Minho, Trás-os-Montes)

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

  1. (Portugal) juice
    Synonym: (Brasil) suco

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, to mutually rush at).

Alternative forms

  • sumô (Brazil)

Noun

sumo m (uncountable) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (martial arts) sumo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Further reading

  • “sumo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsumo/ [ˈsu.mo]
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Syllabification: su‧mo
  • Homophone: (Latin America) zumo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

  1. highest, greatest, superlative
  2. utmost
    Synonym: máximo
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

Etymology 3

Verb

sumo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, to mutually rush at).

Noun

sumo m (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) sumo
    Hypernym: deporte de combate

Further reading

  • “sumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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