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 cut from the side of an animal, especially said of pork, chicken, and beef.

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)

• Norman: côtelette f
• Korean: 코토레타 ‎(kotoreta)
• 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
• Russian: отбивна́я котле́та f ‎(otbivnája kotléta)

References

• “cutlet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).