Etymology

teppan

T1E1P3P3A1N1

Today it means: The metal griddle used in the teppanyaki style of Japanese cuisine. Full definition →

Japanese 鉄板
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from鉄板“iron plate”
  2. English todayteppan

Borrowed from Japanese 鉄板 (teppan, “iron plate”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.