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hotteok

UK/ˈhɒtˌʌk/US/ˈhɔtˌʌk/

hotteok noun: a type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.

Noun

hotteok (countable and uncountable, plural hotteoks or hotteok)

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

Forms of hotteok

pluralhotteoks
pluralhotteok
alternative formhoddeok
alternative formhoeddeok
alternative formhodduk

Origin of hotteok

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

Questions about hotteok

What does hotteok mean?
Hotteok means a type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.
What part of speech is hotteok?
Hotteok is a noun.
How do you pronounce hotteok?
Hotteok is pronounced /ˈhɒtˌʌk/ (UK).
What is the plural of hotteok?
The plural of hotteok is hotteoks.

Words near hotteok in the dictionary

  1. Hottentotic
  2. Hottentotish
  3. Hottentotism
  4. Hottentotisms
  5. Hottentots
  6. hotteok
  7. hotteoks
  8. hotter
  9. hotter than a pistol
  10. hotter than a two dollar pistol
  11. hotter than a two-dollar pistol

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