katana

English

Katana

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑnə/, [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

katana (plural katana or katanas)

1. (weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

Synonyms

• samurai sword

Hyponyms

• uchigatana

Derived terms

• katanin

Translations

type of Japanese longsword

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日本刀 (zh) (Rìběndāo), 武士刀 (zh) (wǔshìdāo)

• Finnish: katana (fi)
• French: katana (fr) m
• German: Katana (de) n
• Hebrew: קטאנה f (kataná)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: katana
• Japanese: 刀 (ja) (かたな, katana), 日本刀 (ja) (にほんとう, Nihontō)
• Korean: 가타나 (gatana)
• Marathi: काताना f (kātānā)
• Polish: katana (pl) f
• Portuguese: catana (pt) f
• Russian: ката́на (ru) f (katána)
• Sanskrit: कतन n (katana)
• Serbo-Croatian: katana (sh) f
• Spanish: catana (es) f, catán (es) m, katana (es) f
• Swahili: katana
• Swedish: katana c
• Tagalog: katana
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: katana, ca-ta-na

See also

• chokutō
• kodachi
• ninjato
• nodachi
• tachi
• tanto
• tsurugi
• vodachi
• wakizashi

Anagrams

• Kanata, Nakata, Tanaka

Chamicuro

Noun

katana

1. blanket

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatana]

Noun

katana m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of katan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈtaː.naː/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
• Rhymes: -aːnaː

Noun

katana c (plural katana's, no diminutive)

1. a katana

Hypernyms

• samoeraizwaard

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.na/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

katana m (plural katanas)

1. katana

Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 刀 (katana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒtɒnɒ]
• Rhymes: -ɒ
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

katana (plural katanák)

1. katana (a Japanese sword used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	katana	katanák
accusative	katanát	katanákat
dative	katanának	katanáknak
instrumental	katanával	katanákkal
causal-final	katanáért	katanákért
translative	katanává	katanákká
terminative	katanáig	katanákig
essive-formal	katanaként	katanákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	katanában	katanákban
superessive	katanán	katanákon
adessive	katanánál	katanáknál
illative	katanába	katanákba
sublative	katanára	katanákra
allative	katanához	katanákhoz
elative	katanából	katanákból
delative	katanáról	katanákról
ablative	katanától	katanáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	katanáé	katanáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	katanáéi	katanákéi

Possessive forms of katana

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	katanám	katanáim
2nd person sing.	katanád	katanáid
3rd person sing.	katanája	katanái
1st person plural	katanánk	katanáink
2nd person plural	katanátok	katanáitok
3rd person plural	katanájuk	katanáik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana, “a single-edged sword”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtana/ [kaˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

Noun

katana (plural katana-katana)

1. katana

Further reading

• “katana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ka‧tà‧na

Noun

katana f (plural katane)

1. katana

Japanese

Romanization

katana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたな

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [kaˈta.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

Noun

katana f

1. katana

Declension

Declension of katana

	singular	plural
nominative	katana	katany
genitive	katany	katan
dative	katanie	katanom
accusative	katanę	katany
instrumental	kataną	katanami
locative	katanie	katanach
vocative	katano	katany

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian katona.

Noun

katana f (diminutive katanka)

1. (ethnography) twin caftan worn in some regional Polish folk costumes for women
2. (ethnography) type of covering in men's folk costumes that reaches one's ankles
3. (ethnography, historical, military) a short-tailed jacket worn by soldiers in the 18th century
4. (colloquial) jacket

   Synonym: kurtka

Declension

Declension of katana

	singular	plural
nominative	katana	katany
genitive	katany	katan
dative	katanie	katanom
accusative	katanę	katany
instrumental	kataną	katanami
locative	katanie	katanach
vocative	katano	katany

Further reading

• katana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• katana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “katana”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 133
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “katana”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335
• Władysław Siarkowski (1891), “katana”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 336

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtana/ [kaˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

Noun

katana f (plural katanas)

1. alternative spelling of catana

Further reading

• “catana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

korsade katanor [crossed katanas]

Noun

katana c

1. (weaponry) a katana

   Synonym: (informal) samurajsvärd

   En katana skär som smör genom kött och ben

   A katana cuts like butter through flesh and bone

Declension

Declension of katana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	katana	katanas
	definite	katanan	katanans
plural	indefinite	katanor	katanors
	definite	katanorna	katanornas

See also

• ninja
• samuraj
• svärd (“sword”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catana — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana, literally “sword”), possibly via Spanish catana according to Potet (2016).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈtanaʔ/ [kɐˈt̪aː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

Noun

katanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜈ)

1. Japanese sword; katana
2. (archaic) sword

Derived terms

• magkatana

Further reading

• “katana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 471
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 343

Anagrams

• Tanaka