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tonkatsu

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

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  • UK: /tɒŋˈkatsuː/
  • US: /tɑŋˈkætsu/

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noun

Meaning 1

A popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet served in bite-sized pieces and often accompanied by shredded cabbage and miso soup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 豚カツ (tonkatsu, “pork cutlet”), from 豚 (ton, “pork”) + カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortened from カツレツ (katsuretsu).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 日式炸豬扒 /日式炸猪扒 (jat5 sik1 zaa3 zyu1 paa2) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Chinese Cantonese: 吉列豬扒 /吉列猪扒 (gat1 lit6 zyu1 paa2) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日式炸豬排 /日式炸猪排 (rìshì zhàzhūpái) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉列豬排 /吉列猪排 (jíliè zhūpái) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Finnish: tonkatsu — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • German: Tonkatsu — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • German: Tonkatsu — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Greek: τονκάτσου (tonkátsou) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Italian: tonkatsu — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Japanese: 豚カツ (tonkatsu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Japanese: とんかつ (tonkatsu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Japanese: トンカツ (tonkatsu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Korean: 돈가스 (don'gaseu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Korean: 돈까스 (donkkaseu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Persian: تونکاتسو (tonkâtsu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Russian: тонка́цу (tonkácu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Thai: ทงกะสึ (tong-gà-sʉ̀) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Turkish: tonkatsu — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
  • Ukrainian: тонка́цу (tonkácu) — Japanese dish made from pork cutlet