tteok

English

Korean tteok

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌk/, /dʌk/
• Rhymes: -ʌk
• Homophones: tuck (one pronunciation), duck (one pronunciation)

Noun

tteok (plural tteoks or tteok)

1. A type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour.

Related terms

• hotteok
• tteokbokki

Translations

a type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打糕 (dǎgāo), 米糕 (zh) (mǐgāo), 蒸糕 (zh) (zhēnggāo)

• Japanese: トック (tokku)
• Korean: 떡 (ko) (tteok)
• Russian: тток m (ttok)

Anagrams

• Kotte