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hotteok

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌʌk/
  • General-American: /ˈhɔtˌʌk/
  • rhymes with -ɒtʌk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 호떡 (hotteok), from 호(胡)- (ho-, “foreign, i.e. Chinese”) + 떡 (tteok, “tteok”).

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хоток (hotok) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖餅 /糖饼 (tángbǐng) — Translations
  • Japanese: ホットク (hottoku) — Translations
  • Japanese: ホットック (hottokku) — Translations
  • Korean: 호떡 (hotteok) — Translations