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sumo

/ˈsuːməʊ/

sumo noun: 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.

sumo: a stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or...
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Noun (1)

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).

Noun (2) capitalized: SUMO

SUMO

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of small ubiquitin-related modifier.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SuMo

SuMo

  1. (abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Sun and Moon.
    Synonyms:
    SM

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sumo

Sumo

  1. A Misumalpan language of Nicaragua.

sumo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sumo in Hindi

form of wrestling
सूमो sūmo

sumo in Tamil

form of wrestling
சுமோ cumō

sumo in Marathi

form of wrestling
सुमो

sumo in Urdu

سومو
More languagesFewer languages
sumo in Bengali
সুমো śumō
sumo in Telugu
సుమో, సూమో
sumo in Malayalam
സുമോ sumō
sumo in Kannada
ಸುಮೋ, ಸುಮೊ
sumo in Punjabi
ਸੂਮੋ, ਸੁਮੋ
sumo in Gujarati
સુમો
sumo in Odia
ସୁମୋ
sumo in Nepali
सुमो
sumo in Tagalog
sumo
sumo in Arabic
سُومُو sūmū
sumo in Malay
sumo
sumo in Indonesian
sumo, pesumo
sumo in Persian
سومو sumô
sumo in Thai
ซูโม่ suu-môo
sumo in Myanmar
ဆူမို hcumui

Synonyms of sumo

Forms of sumo

pluralsumo
pluralsumos
alternative formsumō

Plural of sumo: sumo or sumos

Origin of sumo

Borrowed from Japanese 相(す)撲(もう) (sumō).

Words formed from sumo

Phrases with sumo

Questions about sumo

What does sumo mean?
Sumo means 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.
What is sumo in Hindi?
Sumo in Hindi is सूमो (sūmo). See Sumo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sumo?
Sumo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sumo?
Sumo is pronounced /ˈsuːməʊ/.
What is the plural of sumo?
The plural of sumo is sumo.

Words near sumo in the dictionary

  1. Summys
  2. sumn
  3. sumner
  4. Sumner County
  5. sumners
  6. sumo
  7. sumo deadlift
  8. sumo deadlifts
  9. SUMO protein
  10. SUMO proteins
  11. sumo squat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sumo (page history and authors); SUMO (page history and authors); SuMo (page history and authors); Sumo (page history and authors); sumo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sumo (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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