katakana

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

katakana (plural katakana)

1. (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase.
2. A letter thereof

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• man'yōgana

Translations

Japanese syllabary

Arabic: كاتاكانا (ar) (katakaana) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: катакана (be) (katákana, katakána) f. Bulgarian: катакана (bg) (katakana) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 片假名 (cmn) (piànjiǎmíng) Georgian: კატაკანა (ka) (kʼatʼakʼana) German: Katakana (de) n. Greek: κατακάνα (el) (katakána) Hebrew: קאטאקאנה (he) Hindi: काटाकना (hi) (kāṭākanā), काटाकाना (hi) (kāṭākānā) Italian: katakana (it) Japanese: 片仮名 (ja) (かたかな, katakana), カタカナ (ja) (katakana)

Korean: 가타카나 (ko) (gatakana), 카타카나 (ko) (katakana), 카타가나 (ko) (katagana) Macedonian: катакана (mk) (katakana) f. Mongolian: катакана (mn) (katakana) Persian: کاتاکانا (fa) Polish: katakana (pl) f. Portuguese: katakana (pt) m. Russian: катакана (ru) (katákana, katakána) f. Serbo-Croatian: катакана (sh) f., katakana (sh) f. Thai: คะตะคะนะ (th) (ká-dtà-ká-ná) Ukrainian: катакана (uk) (katákana, katakána) f. Vietnamese: katakana (vi)

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /katakana/

Noun

katakana (kanji 片仮名, hiragana かたかな, katakana カタカナ)

1. Katakana: a set of phonetic symbols used to render the Japanese language

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kataˈkana/

Noun

katakana f.

1. katakana

Declension

    declension of katakana

	singular	plural
nominative	katakana	katakany
genitive	katakany	katakan
dative	katakanie	katakanom
accusative	katakanę	katakany
instrumental	katakaną	katakanami
locative	katakanie	katakanach
vocative	katakano	katakany

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /katakǎna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧ka‧na

Noun

katakàna f. (Cyrillic spelling катака̀на)

1. katakana

Declension

    declension of katakana

	singular
nominative	katakàna
genitive	katakane
dative	katakani
accusative	katakanu
vocative	katakano
locative	katakani
instrumental	katakanom