kamikaze
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (kamikaze, “divine wind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæ.mɪˈkɑː.zi/
- (emulating Japanese) IPA(key): /kɑː.mɪˈkɑː.zeɪ/
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Noun edit
kamikaze (plural kamikazes)
- An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
- One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
- A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
- 2020 February 12, Drachinifel, 8:16 from the start, in The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions[1], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:
- Coupled with this were issues involving actually getting enough torpedoes out there to the fleet in the first place! Whilst they were a munition, a torpedo is far more complex and took far longer to build than a shell for a naval gun, even a battleship shell. Torpedoes, remember, are effectively small self-guiding kamikaze submarines, and, so, unless you have a large factory and an extensive production line going, you're only gonna see handfuls produced each year.
- (colloquial) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
- A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
- (surfing) A deliberate wipeout.
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Verb edit
kamikaze (third-person singular simple present kamikazes, present participle kamikazeing, simple past and past participle kamikazed)
- (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
- (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
- (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.
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Adjective edit
kamikaze (not comparable)
- Suicidal, risking one's own life.
- 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic[2], Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
- Sheathed in helmets, gloves, and jackets, they look more like manic video game figures than humans. They weave through traffic and around double-decker buses at kamikaze velocity.
- Having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare.
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Noun edit
kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)
Czech edit
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Noun edit
kamikaze m anim
- kamikaze (one who makes an attack requiring his suicide, especially when done with an aircraft)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kamikaze | kamikaze |
genitive | kamikaze | kamikaze |
dative | kamikaze | kamikaze |
accusative | kamikaze | kamikaze |
vocative | kamikaze | kamikaze |
locative | kamikaze | kamikaze |
instrumental | kamikazem | kamikaze |
Further reading edit
- kamikaze in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamikaze m or f by sense (plural kamikazes)
- kamikaze (person carrying out a suicide attack); suicide bomber
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Further reading edit
- “kamikaze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (kamikaze, “divine wind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamikaze (first-person possessive kamikazeku, second-person possessive kamikazemu, third-person possessive kamikazenya)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamikaze m (invariable)
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References edit
- ^ kamikaze in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- kamikaze in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kamikaze
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ka‧mi‧ka‧ze
Noun edit
kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.
Adjective edit
kamikaze m or f (plural kamikazes)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamikaze.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French kamikaze.
Noun edit
kamikaze n (uncountable)
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singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) kamikaze | kamikazeul |
genitive/dative | (unui) kamikaze | kamikazeului |
vocative | kamikazeule |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kamiˈkaθe/ [ka.miˈka.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kamiˈkase/ [ka.miˈka.se]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ase
- Syllabification: ka‧mi‧ka‧ze
Noun edit
kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)
Further reading edit
- “kamikaze”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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kamikaze