jodo

See also: Jodo, jōdo, and jōdō

English

Etymology 1

A borrowing of Japanese 杖道 (jōdō, literally “way of the staff”).

Noun

jodo (uncountable)

1. A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.

   Synonym: jojutsu

   • 2007, Paul Walker, Lessons with the Master, page 15:

     Every Saturday after the karate class there was a jodo class (not judo, but jodo—the way of the short staff).

Related terms

• jo

Etymology 2

A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (jōdo, literally “pure land”), q.v.

Alternative forms

• Jodo

Noun

jodo (uncountable)

1. (Japanese Buddhism) Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.

Esperanto

Chemical element (edit)
I Atomic number 53 jodo
Classification data Period 5 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Jod. First attested in Zamenhof's Plena Vortaro Rusa-Internacia (1889).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjodo/

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• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: jo‧do

Noun

jodo (uncountable, accusative jodon)

1. (chemistry) iodine

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxodo/ [ˈxo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: jo‧do

Verb

jodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of joder