sudoku

sudoku

See also: Sudoku and sūdoku

English

Alternative forms

• su doku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͝odō'ko͞o, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA^(key): /sʊˈdəʊku/, /sʊˈdɒku/, /sʊˈduːku/, /sə-/, /suː-/

• Audio (RP)

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• (US, Canada) enPR: so͝odō'ku, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'kō, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA^(key): /sʊˈdoʊku/, /sʊˈdɑku/, /sʊˈdukoʊ/, /sʊˈduku/, /sə-/, /su-/

Noun

sudoku (countable and uncountable, plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

Synonyms

• Number Place (US)

Derived terms

• sudokuist

Translations

a puzzle using numbers

Arabic: سُودُوكُو‎ m (sūdūkū) Chinese: Mandarin: 數獨／数独 (zh) (shùdú) Danish: sudoku c Dutch: sudoku (nl) m Esperanto: sudoko Finnish: sudoku (fi) French: sudoku (fr) m German: Sudoku (de) n Hindi: सुडोकू (suḍokū) Hungarian: szúdoku (hu) Irish: súdócú m Italian: sudoku (it) m Japanese: 数独 (すうどく, sūdoku), ナンプレ (nanpure), ナンバープレース (nanbā purēsu) Korean: 스도쿠 (ko) (seudoku) Polish: sudoku (pl) n Portuguese: sudoku (pt) m Russian: судо́ку (ru) n (sudóku) Spanish: sudoku (es) Swedish: sudoku (sv) Tagalog: sudoku Turkish: sudoku (tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: sudoku

See also

• Cross Sums
• commit sudoku
• hanjie
• hitori
• kakuro
• killer sudoku
• Latin square
• magic square
• masyu
• sandwich sudoku

Further reading

• sudoku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Noun

sudoku n

1. sudoku

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 数独.

Noun

sudoku

1. sudoku

Declension

Declension of sudoku

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sudoku	sudokuen	sudokuer	sudokuerne
genitive	sudokus	sudokuens	sudokuers	sudokuernes

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Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudoku/, [ˈs̠udo̞ku]
• Rhymes: -udoku
• Syllabification^(key): su‧do‧ku

Noun

sudoku

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Declension

Inflection of sudoku (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		sudoku	sudokut
genitive		sudokun	sudokujen sudokuiden sudokuitten
partitive		sudokua	sudokuja sudokuita
illative		sudokuun	sudokuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sudoku	sudokut
accusative	nom.	sudoku	sudokut
	gen.	sudokun
genitive		sudokun	sudokujen sudokuiden sudokuitten
partitive		sudokua	sudokuja sudokuita
inessive		sudokussa	sudokuissa
elative		sudokusta	sudokuista
illative		sudokuun	sudokuihin
adessive		sudokulla	sudokuilla
ablative		sudokulta	sudokuilta
allative		sudokulle	sudokuille
essive		sudokuna	sudokuina
translative		sudokuksi	sudokuiksi
instructive		—	sudokuin
abessive		sudokutta	sudokuitta
comitative		—	sudokuineen

Possessive forms of sudoku (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sudokuni	sudokumme
2nd person	sudokusi	sudokunne
3rd person	sudokunsa

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French

Etymology

From Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.dɔ.ku/

• Audio

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Noun

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

See also

• kakuro
• mot caché
• mots croisés

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 数独(すうどく) (sūdoku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.do.ku/
• Hyphenation: su‧do‧ku

Noun

sudoku (first-person possessive sudokuku, second-person possessive sudokumu, third-person possessive sudokunya)

1. (games) sudoku.

Further reading

• “sudoku” 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 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdo.ku/, /suˈdɔ.ku/
• Rhymes: -oku, -ɔku
• Hyphenation: su‧dó‧ku, su‧dò‧ku

Noun

sudoku m (invariable)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Further reading

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

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdɔ.ku/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Syllabification: su‧do‧ku

Noun

sudoku n (indeclinable)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.dɔˈku/ [su.ðɔˈku], /suˈdɔ.ku/ [suˈðɔ.ku]

Noun

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

1. (puzzles) sudoku (a number puzzle)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdoku/ [suˈð̞o.ku]
• Rhymes: -oku
• Syllabification: su‧do‧ku

Noun

sudoku m (plural sudokus)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Further reading

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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).

Noun

sudoku (definite accusative sudokuyu, plural sudokular)

1. (games, puzzles) sudoku

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sudoku
Definite accusative	sudokuyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sudoku	sudokular
Definite accusative	sudokuyu	sudokuları
Dative	sudokuya	sudokulara
Locative	sudokuda	sudokularda
Ablative	sudokudan	sudokulardan
Genitive	sudokunun	sudokuların