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Meaning of katakana | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌkætəˈkænə/

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of katakana.
    alt-of
  2. 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.
    uncountable
  3. A character thereof.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية كاتاكانا
Čeština katakana
Deutsch Katakana
Ελληνικά κατακάνα
Español katakana
Suomi katakana
Français katakana
Italiano katakana
Polski katakana
Português katakana
Русский катакана
Tiếng Việt chữ cứng

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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