cutlet

English

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut +‎ -let.

Noun

cutlet (plural cutlets)

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

Synonyms

• scallop

Translations

slice of meat

• Bulgarian: шницел m (šnícel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (pork) 豬排 (zh), 猪排 (zh) (zhūpái), (pork) 豬扒, 猪扒 (zhūpá), (any meat) 炸肉片 (zhàroùpiàn), 炸肉排 (zhàròupái)

• Czech: řízek (cs) m
• Finnish: leike (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f
• Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi)
• German: Schnitzel (de) n, Kotelett (de) n
• Greek: κοτολέτα (el) f (kotoléta)
• Italian: costoletta f
• Japanese: カツレツ (katsuretsu)

• Korean: 코토레타 (kotoreta)
• Norman: côtelette f
• Persian: کتلت‏‎ (fa) (kotlet)
• Polish: kotlet (pl) m, sznycel (pl) m
• Portuguese: costeleta (pt) f
• Romanian: șnițel (ro) n
• Russian: отбивна́я котле́та f (otbivnája kotléta), котле́та (ru) f (kotléta), шни́цель (ru) m (šnícelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одрезак m

  Roman: odrezak (sh) m

• Spanish: chuleta (es) f

meat chop

• Bulgarian: котлет m (kotlét)
• Czech: kotleta f
• Dutch: kotelet f, m
• Finnish: kyljys (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f
• Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi)
• German: Kotelett (de) n
• Greek: παϊδάκι (el) n (païdáki)

• Italian: costoletta f
• Norman: côtelette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kotelett m

  Nynorsk: kotelett m

• Portuguese: posta (pt) f
• Romanian: cotlet (ro) n
• Russian: отбивна́я котле́та f (otbivnája kotléta)

References

• “cutlet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.

Anagrams

• cuttle