katakana

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of katakana in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Japonca hece dizisi

English - English

Definition of katakana in English English dictionary

A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase

A letter thereof

{i} one of the two common Japanese phonetic alphabets

Hyphenation

kata·kana

Etymology

[ "kä-t&-'kä-n& ] (noun.) 1727. From Japanese 片仮名 (katakana).