"katakana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkætəˈkænə/ [Canada, UK], /ˌkætəˈkɑːnə/ [US], /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katakana.wav Forms: or katakanas [katakana, plural]
Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə Etymology: From Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|片%仮%名|かた%か%な}} 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|katakana|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Japanese, Writing systems Translations (Japanese syllabary): كَاتَاكَانَا (katakānā) [feminine] (Arabic), կատականա [katakana] (Armenian), ката́кана (katákana) [feminine] (Belarusian), катака́на (katakána) [feminine] (Belarusian), катакана [feminine, katakana] (Bulgarian), 片假名 (piànjiǎmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), katakana [feminine] (Czech), katakana (Finnish), katakana [masculine] (French), კატაკანა (ḳaṭaḳana) (Georgian), Katakana [neuter] (German), κατακάνα (katakána) (Greek), קאטאקאנה (Hebrew), काटाकना (kāṭāknā) (Hindi), काटाकाना (kāṭākānā) (Hindi), katakana (Italian), 片仮名 (alt: かたかな) [katakana] (Japanese), カタカナ [katakana] (Japanese), 가타카나 (gatakana) (Korean), 가타가나 (gatagana) (Korean), 카타카나 [katakana] (Korean), 카타가나 (katagana) (Korean), катакана [feminine, katakana] (Macedonian), katakana (Malay), काताकाना (kātākānā) [feminine] (Marathi), катакана [katakana] (Mongolian), کاتاکانا (Persian), katakana [feminine] (Polish), katakana [masculine] (Portuguese), ката́кана (katákana) [feminine] (Russian), катака́на (katakána) [feminine] (Russian), катакана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), katakana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), katakana (Spanish), katakana [common-gender] (Swedish), katakana (Tagalog), คะตะคะนะ (ká-dtà-ká-ná) (Thai), ката́кана (katákana) [feminine] (Ukrainian), катака́на (katakána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), katakana (Vietnamese), chữ cứng (Vietnamese)
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  2. A character thereof. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-katakana-en-noun-yr0KiWdO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: katagana [archaic] Related terms: hentaigana, hiragana, man'yōgana

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Alternative forms

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      "word": "კატაკანა"
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      "word": "가타카나"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "คะตะคะนะ"
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