Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kumite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: ku-mite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Baghbani won gold in kumite – a karate discipline – at the Pan Am Games and the USA Karate Open in Las Vegas in July."

Etymology

From Japanese 組手.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 組手

Usage

Inflected Forms

kumites (plural)

Questions

What does kumite mean?: The aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
Where does kumite come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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