Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karategi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: karate-gi
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A karate uniform.

Example Sentences

"Do not buy a karategi immediately on joining; try a few lessons and see whether you like training first. Most clubs can supply karategis more cheaply than you will be able to buy outside."
"Karategi are manufactured in light-, medium-, and heavy-weight material and are available in a variety of costs and sizes."
"Funakoshi bought white textile and made himself the first karategi for the demonstration. […] These first white karategi were based on the Japanese jūdōgi（柔道着)."
"A production assistant waved them over toward the room where they had changed into their karategis at the beginning of the lesson."

Etymology

From Japanese 空手着(からてぎ) (karategi). By surface analysis, karate + gi.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

karategis (plural)

Questions

What does karategi mean?: A karate uniform.
Where does karategi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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