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sumō

sumō is the alternative form of sumo.

Meaning of sumo

Noun

sumo (countable and uncountable, plural sumo or sumos)

  1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
  2. (colloquial, countable) A rikishi (sumo wrestler).

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Questions about sumō

What is sumō the alternative form of?
Sumō is the alternative form of sumo.

Words near sumō in the dictionary

  1. Sumwalt
  2. sumwer
  3. sumwhere
  4. sumxu
  5. sumy
  6. sumō
  7. sumōtori
  8. sun
  9. sun and planet gear
  10. sun and planet gears
  11. sun anemone shrimp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sumō (page history and authors); sumo (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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