mahjong
See also: mah-jong
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Mandarin 麻將/麻将 (májiàng).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mahjong (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 edit
game for four players
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See also edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English mahjong, from Cantonese 麻將/麻将 (maa4 zoeng3).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mahjong
- mahjong (game for four)
- mahjong (solitaire)
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Noun edit
mahjong m (uncountable)
- mahjong (Chinese tile game)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English mahjong, from Chinese 麻將/麻将 (májiàng).
Noun edit
mahjong c
- mahjong (Chinese tile game)
Declension edit
Declension of mahjong | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | mahjong | mahjongen | — | — |
Genitive | mahjongs | mahjongens | — | — |