name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of katakana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
katakana
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, UK: /ˌkætəˈkænə/
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US: /ˌkætəˈkɑːnə/
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US: /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
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rhymes with -ænə
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rhymes with -ɑːnə
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A character thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كَاتَاكَانَا (katakānā) — Japanese syllabary
- Armenian: կատականա — Japanese syllabary
- Belarusian: ката́кана (katákana) — Japanese syllabary
- Belarusian: катака́на (katakána) — Japanese syllabary
- Bulgarian: катакана — Japanese syllabary
- Cherokee: ᎧᏔᎧᎾ — Japanese syllabary
- Chinese Mandarin: 片假名 (piànjiǎmíng) — Japanese syllabary
- Czech: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Finnish: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- French: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Georgian: კატაკანა (ḳaṭaḳana) — Japanese syllabary
- German: Katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Greek: κατακάνα (katakána) — Japanese syllabary
- Hebrew: קאטאקאנה — Japanese syllabary
- Hindi: काटाकना (kāṭāknā) — Japanese syllabary
- Hindi: काटाकाना (kāṭākānā) — Japanese syllabary
- Italian: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Japanese: 片仮名 — Japanese syllabary
- Japanese: カタカナ — Japanese syllabary
- Korean: 가타카나 (gatakana) — Japanese syllabary
- Korean: 가타가나 (gatagana) — Japanese syllabary
- Korean: 카타카나 — Japanese syllabary
- Korean: 카타가나 (katagana) — Japanese syllabary
- Macedonian: катакана — Japanese syllabary
- Malay: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Marathi: काताकाना (kātākānā) — Japanese syllabary
- Mongolian: катакана — Japanese syllabary
- Persian: کاتاکانا — Japanese syllabary
- Polish: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Portuguese: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Russian: ката́кана (katákana) — Japanese syllabary
- Russian: катака́на (katakána) — Japanese syllabary
- Serbo-Croatian: катакана — Japanese syllabary
- Serbo-Croatian: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Spanish: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Swedish: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Tagalog: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Thai: คะตะคะนะ (ká-dtà-ká-ná) — Japanese syllabary
- Ukrainian: ката́кана (katákana) — Japanese syllabary
- Ukrainian: катака́на (katakána) — Japanese syllabary
- Vietnamese: katakana — Japanese syllabary
- Vietnamese: chữ cứng — Japanese syllabary
Real reading context