English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 豚カツ (tonkatsu, “pork cutlet”), from 豚 (ton, “pork”) + カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortened from カツレツ (katsuretsu).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɒŋˈkatsuː/
- (US) IPA(key): /tɑŋˈkætsu/
Noun
tonkatsu (uncountable)
- A popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet served in bite-sized pieces and often accompanied by shredded cabbage and miso soup.
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Derived terms
Translations
Japanese dish made from pork cutlet
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 日式炸豬扒 / 日式炸猪扒 (jat5 sik1 zaa3 zyu1 paa2), 吉列豬扒 / 吉列猪扒 (gat1 lit6 zyu1 paa2)
- Mandarin: 日式炸豬排 / 日式炸猪排 (rìshì zhàzhūpái), 吉列豬排 / 吉列猪排 (jíliè zhūpái) (Hong Kong)
- German: Tonkatsu (de) m
- Greek: τονκάτσου n (tonkátsou)
- Italian: tonkatsu (it) m
- Japanese: 豚カツ (ja) (とんカツ, tonkatsu), とんかつ (tonkatsu), トンカツ (ja) (tonkatsu)
- Korean: 돈가스 (ko) (don'gaseu), 돈까스 (ko) (donkkaseu)
- Persian: تونکاتسو (tonkâtsu)
- Russian: тонка́цу f or n (tonkácu)
- Thai: ทงกะสึ (tong-gà-sʉ̀)
- Ukrainian: тонка́цу f or n (tonkácu)
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Japanese
Romanization
tonkatsu
- Rōmaji transcription of トンカツ
- Rōmaji transcription of とんかつ
- Rōmaji transcription of とんカツ