Shinto

Betekenis (Engels)

Name

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

Adj

Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.

Concepten

Shintoïsme

shintoïsme

sjintoïsme

Synoniemen

Shintoism

Shintoist

Shintoistic

shrine

Vertalingen

shintoïsme

scintoismo

shinto

Shintoismus

sintoísmo

شنتو

shintoismo

xintoisme

Shintō

Shintoïsme

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃɪn.təʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).