katana

See also: kǎtǎnà

English

Katana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑnə/, [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə]

Noun

katana (plural katana or katanas)

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

Related terms

• tsurugi
• chokutō
• wakizashi
• ōdachi
• nodachi

Translations

type of Japanese longsword

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日本刀 (zh) (Rìběndāo), 武士刀 (wǔshìdāo), 卡塔納／卡塔纳, 卡塔纳 (kǎtǎnà)

• Finnish: katana (fi)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: katana
• Japanese: かたな (ja) (katana), 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
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• Portuguese: catana (pt) f
• Russian: ката́на (ru) f (katána)
• Sanskrit: कतन n (katana)
• Serbo-Croatian: katana (sh) f
• Spanish: catana (es) f, catán m, katana (es) f
• Swahili: katana
• Tagalog: katana
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: katana, ca-ta-na

Anagrams

• Kanata, Nakata, Tanaka

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Chamicuro

Noun

katana

1. blanket

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

katana c (plural katana's)

1. A katana.

Hypernyms

• samoeraizwaard

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

katana m (plural katanas)

1. Japanese sword

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 刀 (katana).

Pronunciation

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

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

katana f (plural katane)

1. Japanese sword

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Japanese

Romanization

katana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたな

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/

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

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Spanish

Noun

katana f (plural katanas)

1. Alternative spelling of catana