seppuku

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) +‎ 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (cit3 fuk1) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛˈpuː.kuː/ (General American) enPR: sĕpʹo͞o-ko͞o('), sĕpʹə-, sĕ-po͞oʹ-, sə-po͞oʹ-, IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.pu(ˌ)ku/, /ˈsɛ.pə-/, /sɛˈpu-/, /səˈpu-/ Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku === Noun === seppuku (countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku) A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment. ==== Usage notes ==== As with suicide, the usual verb used with seppuku is commit. ==== Synonyms ==== hara-kiri ==== Translations ==== === See also === bushido hara-kiri kamikaze suicide === Anagrams === pukes up == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹. === Noun === seppuku seppuku ==== Declension ==== No declined forms attested. ==== Synonyms ==== harakiri == Dutch == === Alternative forms === seppoekoe (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛˈpu.ku/ Hyphenation: sep‧pu‧ku Rhymes: -uku === Noun === seppuku m (uncountable, no diminutive) seppuku Synonym: harakiri == Japanese == === Romanization === seppuku Rōmaji transcription of せっぷく == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 切腹. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛˈpu.ku/ Rhymes: -uku Syllabification: se‧ppu‧ku === Noun === seppuku n (indeclinable) hara-kiri, seppuku (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen) Synonym: harakiri === Further reading === “seppuku”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “seppuku”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 切腹. === Noun === seppuku m (plural seppukus) seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment) === Further reading === “seppuku”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹. === Noun === seppuku n (uncountable) seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by disembowelment) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku). === Noun === seppuku m (plural seppukus) seppuku == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 切腹. === Noun === seppuku c seppuku ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== harakiri