katakana

See also: Katakana

English

Alternative forms

• katagana (archaic)

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名(かたかな) (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈkænə/, /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

Noun

katakana (countable and uncountable, plural katakana or katakanas)

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, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
2. A character thereof.

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• man'yōgana

Translations

Japanese syllabary

• Arabic: كَاتَاكَانَا‎ f (katakānā)
• Armenian: կատականա (hy) (katakana)
• Belarusian: ката́кана f (katákana), катака́на f (katakána)
• Bulgarian: катакана f (katakana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 片假名 (zh) (piànjiǎmíng)

• Czech: katakana (cs) f
• Finnish: katakana (fi)
• Georgian: კატაკანა (ḳaṭaḳana)
• German: Katakana (de) n
• Greek: κατακάνα (el) (katakána)
• Hebrew: קאטאקאנה‎
• Hindi: काटाकना (kāṭāknā), काटाकाना (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 (katakana), 카타가나 (katagana)
• Macedonian: катакана f (katakana)
• Malay: katakana
• Marathi: काताकाना f (kātākānā)
• Mongolian: катакана (katakana)
• Persian: کاتاکانا‎
• Polish: katakana (pl) f
• Portuguese: katakana (pt) m
• Russian: ката́кана (ru) f (katákana), катака́на (ru) f (katakána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: катакана f

  Roman: katakana (sh) f

• Swedish: katakana c
• Tagalog: katakana
• Thai: คะตะคะนะ (ká-dtà-ká-ná)
• Ukrainian: ката́кана (uk) f (katákana), катака́на (uk) f (katakána)
• Vietnamese: katakana

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑt̪ɑˌkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ta‧ka‧na

Noun

katakana

1. katakana (syllabary)
2. katakana (letter of the syllabary)

Declension

Inflection of katakana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		katakana	katakanat
genitive		katakanan	katakanojen
partitive		katakanaa	katakanoja
illative		katakanaan	katakanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		katakana	katakanat
accusative	nom.	katakana	katakanat
	gen.	katakanan
genitive		katakanan	katakanojen katakanainrare
partitive		katakanaa	katakanoja
inessive		katakanassa	katakanoissa
elative		katakanasta	katakanoista
illative		katakanaan	katakanoihin
adessive		katakanalla	katakanoilla
ablative		katakanalta	katakanoilta
allative		katakanalle	katakanoille
essive		katakanana	katakanoina
translative		katakanaksi	katakanoiksi
instructive		—	katakanoin
abessive		katakanatta	katakanoitta
comitative		—	katakanoineen

Possessive forms of katakana (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	katakanani	katakanamme
2nd person	katakanasi	katakananne
3rd person	katakanansa

Japanese

Romanization

katakana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたかな
2. Rōmaji transcription of カタカナ

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈka.na/

• Audio

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

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

Further reading

• katakana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• katakana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Noun

katakana m (uncountable)

1. katakana (Japanese syllabary)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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