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Samsung

/ˈsæm.sʌŋ/

Samsung proper noun: a South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.

samsung: a South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships
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Proper noun

Samsung (plural Samsungs)

  1. A South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.
    • [Some of] them, potentially, are the Sonys and Samsungs of tomorrow. Some companies try to lure customers to their booths with food: a soft ice cream machine maker plies passersby with free cones, a wine fountain maker touts cups of sour red.2008, Alexandra Harney, The China Price: The True Cost, →ISBN, page 13
    • Now they are required to be profitable and may find that North Korea is not worth the risk. Perhaps North Korea will need to found its own Hyundais and Samsungs and hire South Koreans as executives and consultants.2011, Michael Breen, Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated, →ISBN, page 134

Noun

Samsung (plural Samsungs)

  1. A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
    • He told his friend that the game wasnt available on Samsung phones.
    • The advantage of the Hercules card over the EGA is that it can be used with a standard IBM Monochrome Monitor or an inexpensive monochrome monitor such as a Samsung, priced at around $100.1989, Nace, Ted, Ventura tips & tricks
    1. A phone manufactured by Samsung.
      • They are wearing pajamas and shouldering pillows, with iPhones in their left hands and Samsungs in their right hands.2014, Min Ding, Jie Xu, The Chinese Way, →ISBN, page 337
      • Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses.2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, →ISBN
  2. An Android smartphone.
    Synonyms:
    Android

Samsung meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Samsung in Hindi

South Korean conglomerate company
सैमसंग saimsaṅg

Samsung in Tamil

South Korean conglomerate company
சேம்சங் cēmcaṅ

Samsung in Marathi

South Korean conglomerate company
सॅमसंग sĕmsaṅga

Samsung in Urdu

South Korean conglomerate company
سیمسنگ Sēmsang
More languagesFewer languages
Samsung in Bengali
স্যামসাং sêmośaṅ
Samsung in Telugu
శామ్సంగ్ śāmsaṅg
Samsung in Malayalam
സാംസങ് sāṁsaṅŭ
Samsung in Kannada
ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಸಂಗ್ syāmsaṅg
Samsung in Punjabi
ਸੈਮਸੰਗ saimsaṅg
Samsung in Gujarati
સેમસંગ semsaṅg
Samsung in Sanskrit
स्याम्सङ्ग् syāmsaṅg
Samsung in Nepali
सामसुङ sāmasuṅ
Samsung in Pashto
سامسونگ Samsung
Samsung in Arabic
سَامْسُونْغ sāmsūnḡ
Samsung in Persian
سامسونگ sâmsung
Samsung in Thai
ซัมซุง sam-sung
Samsung in Vietnamese
Sam-sung
Samsung in Myanmar
ဆမ်ဆောင်း hcamhcaung:

Examples of Samsung in a sentence

  • But without its own respected brands, its Toyotas and Samsungs, China will always languish at the lower end of the value chain.2013, Richard Rosecrance, The Resurgence of the West, →ISBN:
  • The Sonys, Sanyos, and Samsungs of the world — not to mention Chinese upstarts — all have access to the same huge pool of chips, liquid crystal displays, audio pickups, power supplies, and packaging.2015, Panos Mourdoukoutas, Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, →ISBN, page 29:
  • When a grandmother from Pittsburgh bought a Samsung, she bought the most reliable microwave oven made.1990 April 23, Luce, Henry Robinson, Fortune:

Synonyms of Samsung

Forms of Samsung

Proper noun
pluralSamsungs
Noun
pluralSamsungs

Origin of Samsung

Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.

Words formed from Samsung

Questions about Samsung

What does Samsung mean?
Samsung means a South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.
What is Samsung in Hindi?
Samsung in Hindi is सैमसंग (saimsaṅg). See Samsung meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Samsung in a sentence?
But without its own respected brands, its Toyotas and Samsungs, China will always languish at the lower end of the value chain.
What part of speech is Samsung?
Samsung can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Samsung?
Samsung is pronounced /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/.

Words near Samsung in the dictionary

  1. Samsui chicken
  2. Samsui woman
  3. Samsui women
  4. samsum
  5. Samsun
  6. Samsung
  7. Samsungs
  8. Samsø
  9. samtaegeuk
  10. Samtenling
  11. Samtse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Samsung (page history and authors). 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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