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.

   Synonym: scallop

2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

Derived terms

• nut cutlet

Translations

slice of meat

• Azerbaijani: kotlet (az)
• Bulgarian: шни́цел 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
• Danish: schnitzel c (thin slice of veal or pork), kotelet c (thicker slice of pork than the schnitzel)
• Finnish: leike (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f
• Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi)
• German: Schnitzel (de) n, Kotelett (de) n
• Greek: κοτολέτα (el) f (kotoléta)
• Hungarian: szelet (hu), hússzelet (hu)
• Italian: costoletta f, cotoletta (it) f

• Japanese: カツレツ (ja) (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
• Swedish: kotlett (sv)

meat chop

• Bulgarian: котле́т m (kotlét)
• Czech: kotleta (cs) f
• Danish: kotelet c
• Dutch: kotelet f or m
• Finnish: kyljys (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f
• Galician: costeleta (gl) f
• Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi)
• German: Kotelett (de) n
• Greek: παϊδάκι (el) n (païdáki)

• Hungarian: kotlett, bordaszelet (hu), borda (hu), karaj (hu) (see also the broader terms above)
• 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

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cutlet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• cuttle