Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hotteok

/ˈhɔtˌʌk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hot-teok
IPA: /ˈhɔtˌʌk/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 호떡 (hotteok), from 호(胡)- (ho-, “foreign, i.e. Chinese”) + 떡 (tteok, “tteok”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: 호(胡)-
Suffix: 떡

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɔtˌʌk/
British English: /ˈhɒtˌʌk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hotteoks (plural) hoddeok (alternative) hoeddeok (alternative) hodduk (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hotteok?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɔtˌʌk/.
What does hotteok mean?: A type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.
Where does hotteok come from?: Borrowed from Korean 호떡 (hotteok), from 호(胡)- (ho-, “foreign, i.e. Chinese”) + 떡 (tteok, “tteok”).

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