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ドーナツ (doonatsu) Japanese meaning: doughnut | Kotomora

ドーナツ

also: ドーナッツ

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

doughnut; donut

Standard loanword for a doughnut, used in all contexts.

朝ちょう食しょくにドーナツを食たべた。
I ate a doughnut for breakfast.

Usage patterns

ドーナツを揚あげるto fry doughnuts
母ははは休きゅう日じつによくドーナツを揚あげる。
My mother often fries doughnuts on holidays.
ドーナツ状じょうの〈物もの〉a donut-shaped (thing)
土ど星せいの輪わはドーナツ状じょうをしている。
Saturn's rings are shaped like a doughnut.

Counted with

個こN5
ドーナツ is counted with 個, the general counter for small discrete items.
箱はこN5
If counted as packaged/boxed sweets, 箱 is also natural.

Word family· 8

ドーナツ型がた
donut-shaped; toroidal
ドーナツ屋や
donut shop; doughnut shop
ドーナツ状じょう
doughnut-shaped; toroidal
あんドーナツ
doughnut filled with red bean paste
ドーナツ現げん象しょう
doughnut effect; donut effect

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焼やきドーナツ
baked donut; oven-baked donut
ケーキドーナツ
cake doughnut; old-fashioned doughnut
ファッションドーナツ
old-fashioned doughnut; cake doughnut

Written forms

ドーナツUsage71%
Most common spelling, reflecting the English 'doughnut'.
ドーナッツUsage29%
Alternate spelling, less common but still used.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'doughnut'.