katakana

• katagana (archaic)

From Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana).

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈkænə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈkɑːnə/, /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

katakana (countable and uncountable, plural katakana or katakanas)

1. (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. Also used to write the Ainu language.
2. A character thereof.

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• man'yōgana

Borrowed from Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatakana]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧ka‧na

katakana f

1. katakana

• “katakana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ˌkɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ta‧ka‧na

katakana

1. katakana (syllabary)
2. katakana (letter of the syllabary)

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ka.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

katakana m (plural katakana or katakanas)

1. katakana (syllabary)
2. katakana (letter of the syllabary)

katakana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたかな
2. Rōmaji transcription of カタカナ

Borrowed from English katakana.

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈka.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧ka‧na

katakana f

1. katakana (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)

   Coordinate terms: hiragana, kanji

• katakana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

katakana m (uncountable)

1. katakana (Japanese syllabary)

Borrowed from Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).

• IPA^(key): /katakǎna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧ka‧na

katakàna f (Cyrillic spelling катака̀на)

1. katakana