"tteok" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tʌk/, /dʌk/ Forms: tteoks [plural], tteok [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ko|떡}} Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|*}} tteok (plural tteoks or tteok)
  1. A type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour. Synonyms: dduk, toppoki Related terms: hotteok, tteokbokki Translations (a type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour): 打糕 (dǎgāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 米糕 (mǐgāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 蒸糕 (zhēnggāo) (Chinese Mandarin), トック (tokku) (Japanese), (tteok) (Korean), тток (ttok) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tteok",
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      "word": "떡"
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      "roman": "ttok",
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