Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kah-tuh-kah-nuh; Japanese kah-tah-kah-nah]
- /ˌkɑ təˈkɑ nə; Japanese ˈkɑ tɑˈkɑ nɑ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kah-tuh-kah-nuh; Japanese kah-tah-kah-nah]
- /ˌkɑ təˈkɑ nə; Japanese ˈkɑ tɑˈkɑ nɑ/
Definitions of katakana word
- noun katakana the more angular, less commonly used of the two Japanese syllabaries. 1
- noun katakana The more angular form of kana (syllabic writing) used in Japanese, primarily used for words of foreign origin. 1
- noun Technical meaning of katakana (Japanese) The square-formed Japanese kana syllabary. Katakana is mostly used to write foreign names, foreign words, and loan words as well as many onomatopeia, plant and animal names. 1
- noun katakana one of the two systems of syllabic writing employed for the representation of Japanese, based on Chinese ideograms. It is used mainly for foreign or foreign-derived words 0
- noun katakana the portion of the Japanese kana, or syllabary, whose characters are angular in form: it is used esp. for foreign words 0
- noun katakana (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0
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Origin of katakana
First appearance:
before 1720 One of the 49% newest English words
1720-30; < Japanese, equivalent to kata part (of kanji) + kana kana
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Parts of speech for Katakana
noun
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
katakana popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
katakana usage trend in Literature
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