katakana

See also: Katakana

English

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (かたかな) (katakana).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

katakana (plural katakana or katakanas)

(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.
A character thereof.

Related terms

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

Finnish

Noun

katakana

katakana (syllabary)
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
accusative	gen.	katakanan	katakanat
genitive		katakanan	katakanojen katakanain^rare
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

Japanese

Romanization

katakana

Rōmaji transcription of かたかな
Rōmaji transcription of カタカナ

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.taˈka.na/

Noun

katakana f

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

Portuguese

Noun

katakana m (uncountable)

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)

katakana

Declension

Declension of katakana

	singular
nominative	katakàna
genitive	katakane
dative	katakani
accusative	katakanu
vocative	katakano
locative	katakani
instrumental	katakanom

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