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hotteok.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɒtˌʌk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɔtˌʌk/General-American
  1. A type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea.

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Where this word comes from

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

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