Dictionary

katana en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə] (US)
• /kəˈtɑnə/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, “single-edged sword”).

Meanings

1. A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

Forms

Deriveds

katanin

Hyponyms

uchigatana

Relateds

wakizashi · tachi · tsurugi · kodachi · chokutō · nodachi · tanto · vodachi · ninjato

Synonyms

samurai sword

Translations (24)

ja 日本刀 (type of Japanese longsword) · ko 가타나 (type of Japanese longsword) · vi katana (type of Japanese longsword) · vi ca-ta-na (type of Japanese longsword) · fr katana (type of Japanese longsword) · pl katana (type of Japanese longsword) · cmn 武士刀 (type of Japanese longsword) · io katana (type of Japanese longsword) · cmn 日本刀 (type of Japanese longsword) · sa कतन (type of Japanese longsword) · de Katana (type of Japanese longsword) · fi katana (type of Japanese longsword) · sv katana (type of Japanese longsword) · es katana (type of Japanese longsword) · he קטאנה (type of Japanese longsword) · sw katana (type of Japanese longsword) · mr काताना (type of Japanese longsword) · ja 刀 (type of Japanese longsword) · pt catana (type of Japanese longsword) · es catana (type of Japanese longsword) · ru ката́на (type of Japanese longsword) · tl katana (type of Japanese longsword) · sh katana (type of Japanese longsword) · es catán (type of Japanese longsword)