cutlet

English

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Old French costelette "little rib," from coste "rib, side", from Latin costa; influenced (popular etymology) by English cut.

Noun

cutlet (plural cutlets)

1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
2. A chop, a specific piece of meat cut from the side of an animal, especially said of pork, chicken, and beef.

Synonyms

• scallop

Translations

slice of meat

Bulgarian: шницел (bg) m. Finnish: leike (fi) Georgian: კატლეტი (ka) (katleti) German: Schnitzel (de) n. Italian: costoletta (it) f.

Polish: kotlet (pl) m. Romanian: șnițel (ro) n. Russian: отбивная котлета (ru) (otbívnaja kotléta) f. Serbian: odrezak (sr) m. Spanish: chuleta (es) f.

meat chop

Bulgarian: котлет (bg) m. Dutch: kotelet f. or m. Finnish: kyljys (fi) French: côtelette (fr) f. Georgian: კატლეტი (ka) (katleti)

German: Kotelett (de) n. Italian: costoletta (it) f. Norwegian: kotelett m. Russian: отбивная котлета (ru) (otbívnaja kotléta) f.

References

• “cutlet” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001