Shinto

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Shintoism

Shintoist

Shintoistic

shrine

Translations

shintoïsme

scintoismo

sintoísmo

shinto

Shintoismus

شنتو

shintoismo

xintoisme

Shintō

Shintoïsme

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɪn.təʊ/

Etymology

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]”).