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judo

/ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/US/ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/

judo noun: a Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.

judo: a Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu
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Noun

judo (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
    • He started doing judo at the age of eight.
    • A member of Taiwan's indigenous Amis tribe, Kuo showed sporting talent at an early age, training in judo, basketball and athletics in her native Taitung county.2021 July 6, “'Goddess of weightlifting' Kuo carries Taiwan's Olympic hopes”, in France 24, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2021

judo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

judo in Hindi

Japanese martial art
जूडो jūḍo

judo in Tamil

ஜூடோ

judo in Marathi

Japanese martial art
जुडो juḍo

judo in Urdu

Japanese martial art
جوڈو jūḍo
More languagesFewer languages
judo in Bengali
জাপানি কুস্তি, আত্মরক্ষার কৌশল
judo in Telugu
జూడో, జుడో
judo in Malayalam
ജൂഡോ, ജുഡോ
judo in Kannada
ಜೂಡೋ, ಜುಡೋ, ಜೂಡೊ
judo in Punjabi
ਜੂਡੋ
judo in Gujarati
જ્યુડો
judo in Odia
ଜୁଡୋ
judo in Nepali
जुडो, जूडो, ज्युडो
judo in Tagalog
dyudo, hudo
judo in Arabic
جُودُو jūdū
judo in Malay
judo
judo in Indonesian
judo
judo in Persian
جودو
judo in Thai
ยูโด yuu-doo
judo in Vietnamese
nhu đạo
judo in Myanmar
ဂျူဒို gyudui

Forms of judo

alternative formjūdō

Origin of judo

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

Words formed from judo

Words that rhyme with judo

Questions about judo

What does judo mean?
Judo means a Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
What is judo in Hindi?
Judo in Hindi is जूडो (jūḍo). See Judo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is judo?
Judo is a noun.
How do you pronounce judo?
Judo is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/ (UK).

Words near judo in the dictionary

  1. Judith
  2. Judith Basin County
  3. Judithian
  4. Judkins
  5. Judkinses
  6. judo
  7. judo chop
  8. judogi
  9. judogis
  10. judoist
  11. judoists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: judo (page history and authors); judo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); judo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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