katakana

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

katakana (plural katakana)

1. (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase.
2. A letter thereof

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• man'yōgana

Translations

Japanese syllabary

• Arabic: كاتاكانا (ar) (katakaana) f
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: катакана (be) (katákana, katakána) f
• Bulgarian: катакана (bg) (katakana) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 片假名 (cmn) (piànjiǎmíng)

• Georgian: კატაკანა (ka) (kʼatʼakʼana)
• German: Katakana (de) n
• Greek: κατακάνα (el) (katakána)
• Hebrew: קאטאקאנה (he)
• Hindi: काटाकना (hi) (kāṭākanā), काटाकाना (hi) (kāṭākānā)
• Italian: katakana (it)
• Japanese: 片仮名 (ja) (かたかな, katakana), カタカナ (ja) (katakana)

• Korean: 가타카나 (ko) (gatakana), 카타카나 (ko) (katakana), 카타가나 (ko) (katagana)
• Macedonian: катакана (mk) (katakana) f
• Malay: katakana (ms)
• Marathi: काताकाना (mr) (kātākānā) f
• Mongolian: катакана (mn) (katakana)
• Persian: کاتاکانا (fa)
• Polish: katakana (pl) f
• Portuguese: katakana (pt) m
• Russian: катакана (ru) (katákana, katakána) f
• Serbo-Croatian: катакана (sh) f, katakana (sh) f
• Thai: คะตะคะนะ (th) (ká-dtà-ká-ná)
• Ukrainian: катакана (uk) (katákana, katakána) f
• Vietnamese: katakana (vi)

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

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Japanese

Romanization

katakana

1. See かたかな
2. See カタカナ

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kataˈkana/

Noun

katakana f

1. katakana

Declension

    declension of katakana

	singular	plural
nominative	katakana	katakany
genitive	katakany	katakan
dative	katakanie	katakanom
accusative	katakanę	katakany
instrumental	katakaną	katakanami
locative	katakanie	katakanach
vocative	katakano	katakany

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /katakǎna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧ka‧na

Noun

katakàna f (Cyrillic spelling катака̀на)

1. katakana

Declension

    declension of katakana

	singular
nominative	katakàna
genitive	katakane
dative	katakani
accusative	katakanu
vocative	katakano
locative	katakani
instrumental	katakanom