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cutlet

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin slice of meat, usually fried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scallop

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A mash of vegetables (usually potatoes) fried with bread.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scallop, scollop, escallop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: piece, slice

History

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from coste + -elette, from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut + -let. Doublet of kotlet and kotleta.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: kotlet — slice of meat
  • Bulgarian: шни́цел (šnícel) — slice of meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豬排 /猪排 (zhūpái) — slice of meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豬扒 /猪扒 (zhūpá) — slice of meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炸肉片 (zhàròupiàn) — slice of meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炸肉排 (zhàròupái) — slice of meat
  • Czech: řízek — slice of meat
  • Danish: schnitzel — slice of meat
  • Danish: kotelet — slice of meat
  • Finnish: leike — slice of meat
  • French: côtelette — slice of meat
  • Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi) — slice of meat
  • German: Schnitzel — slice of meat
  • German: Kotelett — slice of meat
  • Greek: κοτολέτα (kotoléta) — slice of meat
  • Hungarian: szelet — slice of meat
  • Hungarian: hússzelet — slice of meat
  • Indonesian: kutlet — slice of meat
  • Italian: costoletta — slice of meat
  • Italian: cotoletta — slice of meat
  • Japanese: カツレツ (katsuretsu) — slice of meat
  • Korean: 코토레타 (kotoreta) — slice of meat
  • Norman: côtelette — slice of meat
  • Persian: کتلت (kotlet) — slice of meat
  • Polish: kotlet — slice of meat
  • Polish: sznycel — slice of meat
  • Polish: bitka — slice of meat
  • Portuguese: costeleta — slice of meat
  • Romanian: șnițel — slice of meat
  • Russian: отбивна́я котле́та (otbivnája kotléta) — slice of meat
  • Russian: котле́та (kotléta) — slice of meat
  • Russian: шни́цель (šnícelʹ) — slice of meat
  • Serbo-Croatian: одрезак — slice of meat
  • Serbo-Croatian: odrezak — slice of meat
  • Spanish: chuleta — slice of meat
  • Swedish: kotlett — slice of meat
  • Ukrainian: котле́та (kotléta) — slice of meat
  • Bulgarian: котле́т (kotlét) — meat chop
  • Czech: kotleta — meat chop
  • Danish: kotelet — meat chop
  • Dutch: kotelet — meat chop
  • Esperanto: kotleto — meat chop
  • Finnish: kyljys — meat chop
  • French: côtelette — meat chop
  • Galician: costeleta — meat chop
  • Georgian: კატლეტი (ḳaṭleṭi) — meat chop
  • German: Kotelett — meat chop
  • Greek: παϊδάκι (païdáki) — meat chop
  • Hungarian: kotlett — meat chop
  • Hungarian: bordaszelet — meat chop
  • Hungarian: borda — meat chop
  • Hungarian: karaj — meat chop
  • Italian: costoletta — meat chop
  • Latin: praecīsum — meat chop
  • Norman: côtelette — meat chop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kotelett — meat chop
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kotelett — meat chop
  • Polish: kotlet — meat chop
  • Portuguese: posta — meat chop
  • Romanian: cotlet — meat chop
  • Russian: отбивна́я котле́та (otbivnája kotléta) — meat chop
  • Ukrainian: котле́та (kotléta) — meat chop