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sensei

/ˈsɛnseɪ/

sensei noun: a martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.

Noun

sensei (plural sensei or senseis)

  1. A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.
    Synonyms:
    sifu, shifu, dojocho, kancho, kaicho
  2. A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese).
  3. A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan.

sensei meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sensei in Hindi

सेंसी, सेन्सी

sensei in Tamil

சென்சீ, சென்ஸி, சென்சி

sensei in Marathi

सेन्सी, सेंसी

sensei in Urdu

سینسی, سینسئی, سینسائی
More languagesFewer languages
sensei in Bengali
সেনসি, সেন্সি
sensei in Telugu
సెన్సి, సెన్సీ
sensei in Malayalam
സെൻസി, സേൻസി
sensei in Kannada
ಸೆನ್ಸಿ, ಸೇನ್ಸಿ
sensei in Punjabi
ਸੈਂਸੀ, ਸੇਂਸੀ
sensei in Gujarati
સેન્સી, સેંસી
sensei in Odia
ସେନ୍ସି, ସେନସି
sensei in Nepali
सेन्सी, सेनसी
sensei in Arabic
مُدَرِّب mudarrib
sensei in Indonesian
sensei
sensei in Persian
سنسی sensey

Synonyms of sensei

All synonyms of sensei

Forms of sensei

pluralsensei
pluralsenseis

Plural of sensei: sensei or senseis

Origin of sensei

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).

Words that rhyme with sensei

Questions about sensei

What does sensei mean?
Sensei means a martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.
What is sensei in Hindi?
Sensei in Hindi is सेंसी, सेन्सी. See Sensei meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sensei?
Sensei is a noun.
How do you pronounce sensei?
Sensei is pronounced /ˈsɛnseɪ/.
What is the plural of sensei?
The plural of sensei is sensei.

Words near sensei in the dictionary

  1. sense strands
  2. senseamp
  3. senseamps
  4. sensed
  5. senseful
  6. sensei
  7. senseis
  8. sensel
  9. senseless
  10. senselesse
  11. senselessly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sensei (page history and authors); sensei (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sensei (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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