judo
/ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/US/ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/
judo noun: a Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.

Noun
judo (uncountable)
- 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 form | jūdō |
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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
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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