# katana
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /kəˈtɑnə/, [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

katana (plural katana or katanas)
* (weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

#### Derived terms

* katanin

#### See also

* tsurugi
* chokutō
* wakizashi
* ōdachi
* nodachi

### Anagrams

* Kanata, Nakata, Tanaka

## Chamicuro
### Noun

katana
* blanket

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkatana]

### Noun

katana m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of katan

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkaːˈtaː.naː/
* Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
* Rhymes: -aːnaː

### Noun

katana c (plural katana's)
* a katana

#### Hypernyms

* samoeraizwaard

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ta.na/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

katana m (plural katanas)
* katana

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Japanese 刀 (katana).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒtɒnɒ]
* Rhymes: -ɒ
* Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
* Rhymes: -nɒ

### Noun

katana (plural katanák)
* katana (a Japanese sword used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan)

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈta.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: ka‧tà‧na

### Noun

katana f (plural katane)
* katana

## Japanese
### Romanization

katana
* Rōmaji transcription of かたな

## Polish

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈta.na/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /kaˈta.na/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /kaˈta.na/
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [kaˈta.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

#### Noun

katana f
* katana

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian katona.

#### Noun

katana f (diminutive katanka)
* (ethnography) twin caftan worn in some regional Polish folk costumes for women
* (ethnography) type of covering in men's folk costumes that reaches one's ankles
* (ethnography, historical, military) a short-tailed jacket worn by soldiers in the 18th century
* (colloquial) jacket
    Synonym: kurtka

##### Declension
### Further reading

* katana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* katana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “katana”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 133
* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “katana”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335
* Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “katana”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 336

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈtana/ [kaˈt̪a.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

### Noun

katana f (plural katanas)
* Alternative spelling of catana

### Further reading

* “catana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

katana c
* (weaponry) a katana
    Synonym: (informal) samurajsvärd
    En katana skär som smör genom kött och benA katana cuts like butter through flesh and bone

#### See also

* ninja
* samuraj
* svärd (“sword”)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* catana — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana, literally “sword”), possibly via Spanish catana according to Potet (2016).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kaˈtanaʔ/ [kɐˈt̪aː.n̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -anaʔ
* Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

### Noun

katanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜈ)
* Japanese sword; katana
* (archaic) sword

#### Derived terms

* magkatana

### Further reading

* “katana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 471.
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 343

### Anagrams

* Tanaka