mahjong
See also: mah-jong
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 麻將/麻将 (májiàng).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, /mɑːˈʒɒŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ/, /mɑˈʒɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /mɑˈd͡ʒɑŋ/, /mɑˈʒɑŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Noun
editmahjong (uncountable)
- A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
- A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.
Synonyms
edit- (a solitaire game): mahjong solitaire
Translations
editgame for four players
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See also
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom English mahjong, from Cantonese 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmahjong
- mahjong (game for four)
- mahjong (solitaire)
Declension
editInflection of mahjong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mahjong | mahjongit | |
genitive | mahjongin | mahjongien | |
partitive | mahjongia | mahjongeja | |
illative | mahjongiin | mahjongeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mahjong | mahjongit | |
accusative | nom. | mahjong | mahjongit |
gen. | mahjongin | ||
genitive | mahjongin | mahjongien | |
partitive | mahjongia | mahjongeja | |
inessive | mahjongissa | mahjongeissa | |
elative | mahjongista | mahjongeista | |
illative | mahjongiin | mahjongeihin | |
adessive | mahjongilla | mahjongeilla | |
ablative | mahjongilta | mahjongeilta | |
allative | mahjongille | mahjongeille | |
essive | mahjongina | mahjongeina | |
translative | mahjongiksi | mahjongeiksi | |
abessive | mahjongitta | mahjongeitta | |
instructive | — | mahjongein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “mahjong”, 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
Portuguese
editNoun
editmahjong m (uncountable)
- mahjong (Chinese tile game)
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English mahjong, from Chinese 麻將/麻将 (májiàng).
Noun
editmahjong c
- mahjong (Chinese tile game)
Declension
editDeclension of mahjong | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | mahjong | mahjongen | — | — |
Genitive | mahjongs | mahjongens | — | — |
Further reading
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- English terms borrowed from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Mandarin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋ
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Mahjong
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Cantonese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms derived from Chinese
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns