hotteok

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UK/ˈhɒtˌʌk/US/ˈhɔtˌʌk/

noun

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

OriginKorean 호떡 →
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Meanings

nounhotteok (countable and uncountable, plural hotteoks or hotteok)

plural hotteoks · alternative hoddeok · alternative hoeddeok · alternative hodduk

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

Origin

  1. Korean호떡
  2. Englishhotteok

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

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Translations

Bulgarian хоток
  • хоток (hotok)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 糖餅 /糖饼
  • 糖餅 /糖饼 (tángbǐng)Translations
Japanese ホットク, ホットック
  • ホットク (hottoku)Translations
  • ホットック (hottokku)Translations
Korean 호떡
  • 호떡 (hotteok)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

hotteok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotteok

MLA

“hotteok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotteok. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotteok,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotteok.

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