judo

judo

See also: Judo, júdó, jûdo, ĵudo, judô, and jūdō

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jo͞o'dō, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/

• Audio (RP)

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• (US) enPR: jo͞o'dō, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːdəʊ

Noun

judo (uncountable)

1. A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

   He starting doing judo at the age of eight.

Derived terms

• judogi
• judoka

Translations

Japanese martial art

Arabic: جُودُو‎ m (jūdū) Armenian: ձյուդո (hy) (jyudo) Asturian: yudu m Breton: judo (br) Bulgarian: джудо (džudo) Burmese: ဂျူဒို (my) (gyudui) Catalan: judo (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 柔道 (zh) (róudào) Min Nan: 柔道 (zh-min-nan) (jiû-tō) Czech: judo (cs) n Danish: judo (da) Dutch: judo (nl) Esperanto: ĵudo (eo) Estonian: judo (et) Finnish: judo (fi) French: judo (fr) m Galician: judo (gl) m Georgian: ძიუდო (ʒiudo) German: Judo (de) Greek: τζούντο (el) n (tzoúnto) Hebrew: ג׳ודו‎ (júdo) Hindi: जूदो (jūdo) Hungarian: cselgáncs (hu), dzsúdó (hu) Icelandic: júdó (is) n Inari Sami: judo Indonesian: judo (id) Irish: júdó m Italian: jujitsu (it) m, giudò m, judo (it) m Japanese: 柔道 (ja) (じゅうどう, jūdō) Korean: 유도(柔道) (ko) (yudo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: jûdo (ku) Lao: ຢູໂດ (lo) (yū dō) Luhya: judo Macedonian: џудо n (džudo) Malay: judo Marathi: जुडो f (juḍo) Mongolian: жүдо (mn) (žüdo) Norwegian: judo Persian: جودو‎ (fa) (judo) Polish: dżudo (pl), judo (pl) n Portuguese: judô (pt) m (Brazil), judo (pt) m (Portugal) Romanian: judo (ro) Russian: дзюдо́ (ru) n (dzjudó) (indeclinable) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: џу̏до n Roman: džȕdo (sh) n Slovene: judo (sl) Spanish: yudo m, judo m Swahili: judo (sw) Swedish: judo (sv) Tagalog: dyudo, hudo Tajik: дзюдо (tg) (dzyudo) Thai: ยูโด (th) (yuu-doo) Turkish: judo (tr) Urdu: جودو‎ (jūdo) Vietnamese: nhu đạo (柔道) Yiddish: דזשודאָ‎ m (dzhudo)

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Breton

Noun

judo

1. judo

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Czech

Alternative forms

• džudo

Etymology

From Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒudo]
• Rhymes: -udo

Noun

judo n

1. judo

Further reading

• judo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• judo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Noun

judo

1. judo

Declension

Declension of judo

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	judo	judoen
genitive	judos	judoens

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjy.doː/
• Hyphenation: ju‧do
• Rhymes: -ydoː

Noun

judo n (uncountable)

1. judo (Japanese martial art)

Related terms

• judoka

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jude, Latin iudaeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjudo]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: ju‧do

• Audio

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Noun

judo (accusative singular judon, plural judoj, accusative plural judojn)

1. (ethnography, religion) a Jew
   • 1983, Claude Piron, chapter 21, in Gerda malaperis!‎, Brazil: Chapecó Fonto, OCLC 54935188:

     Katolikoj, protestantoj, ortodoksuloj, judoj, islamanoj, budhanoj kaj aliaj estis membroj de tiu internacia aŭ supernacia societo.

     Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and others were members of this international or supernational society.

   Synonym: hebreo

   Hyponyms: aŝkenazo, judismano, sefardo

Derived terms

• juda (“Jewish”)
• judaro (“Jews in general, Jewry”)
• judeco (“Jewishness”)
• judismo (“Judaism”)
• judismano (“practicing Jew, practicier of Judaism”)
• judaĉo (derogatory term for a Jew)

See also

• ĵudo (“judo”)

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Faroese

Etymology

From English judo, from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːto/
• Hyphenation: ju‧do

Noun

judo n (genitive singular judos, uncountable)

1. judo

Declension

Declension of judo
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	judo	judoið	judo	judoini
accusative	judo	judoið	judo	judoini
dative	judoi	judoinum	judoum	judounum
genitive	judos	judosins	judoa	judoanna

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Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjudo/, [ˈjudo̞]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification^(key): ju‧do

Noun

judo

1. judo

Declension

Inflection of judo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		judo	judot
genitive		judon	judojen
partitive		judoa	judoja
illative		judoon	judoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		judo	judot
accusative	nom.	judo	judot
	gen.	judon
genitive		judon	judojen
partitive		judoa	judoja
inessive		judossa	judoissa
elative		judosta	judoista
illative		judoon	judoihin
adessive		judolla	judoilla
ablative		judolta	judoilta
allative		judolle	judoille
essive		judona	judoina
translative		judoksi	judoiksi
instructive		—	judoin
abessive		judotta	judoitta
comitative		—	judoineen

Possessive forms of judo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	judoni	judomme
2nd person	judosi	judonne
3rd person	judonsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.do/, /ʒu.do/

• Audio

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Noun

judo m (uncountable)

1. judo

Further reading

• “judo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Noun

judo

1. judo

Inflection

Inflection of judo
	singular	plural
Nominative	judo	judoh
Accusative	judo	judoid
Genitive	judo	judoi
Illative	judon	judoid
Locative	judost	judoin
Comitative	judoin	judoiguin
Abessive	judottáá	judoittáá
Essive	judon	—
Partitive	judod	—

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.do/
• Hyphenation: ju‧do

Noun

judo

1. judo (Japanese martial art)

Related terms

• judogi
• judoka

 

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: jù‧do

Noun

judo m (uncountable)

1. judo

Further reading

• judo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdaeus.

Noun

judo m

1. Jew

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: jōde
  • Dutch: jood

Further reading

• “judo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Polish

Alternative forms

• dżudo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑu.dɔ/, /ˈd͡ʐu.dɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -udɔ
• Syllabification: ju‧do
• Homophone: dżudo

Noun

judo n (indeclinable)

1. judo

Derived terms

nouns

• judoczka
• judok
• judoka

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• judô (Brazilian)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.du/ [ˈʒu.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ju‧do

Noun

judo m (uncountable) (European spelling)

1. (martial arts) judo

Derived terms

• judoca

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Romanian

Etymology

From French judo.

Noun

judo n (uncountable)

1. judo

Declension

declension of judo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) judo	judoul
genitive/dative	(unui) judo	judoului
vocative	judoule

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• yudo

Etymology

See yudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxudo/ [ˈxu.ð̞o] (recommended by RAE for this spelling)
  • Syllabification: ju‧do

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝudo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ð̞o] (more common)

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝudo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ð̞o] (more common)
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃudo/ [ˈʃu.ð̞o] (more common)
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒudo/ [ˈʒu.ð̞o] (more common)

• Rhymes: -udo

Noun

judo m (uncountable)

1. judo

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

References

• “judo” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.

Further reading

• “judo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French judo, from Japanese 柔道(じゅうどう) (jūdō).

Noun

judo (definite accusative judoyu, uncountable)

1. judo

Derived terms

• judocu
• judoculuk

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “judo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• judo in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu