Home › Words › K › kotletakotletakotleta means A meat patty or meatball made of ground pork and/or beef flattened into an oval shape, then seasoned and fried or baked.EtymologyFrom Russian котле́та (kotléta), from French côtelette (“cutlet; chop”), whence the English doublet cutlet; also a doublet of kotlet via Polish.nounA meat patty or meatball made of ground pork and/or beef flattened into an oval shape, then seasoned and fried or baked.e.g.“Take up the kotleti and place them on a hot platter. Strain the sauce, which may be poured over the kotleti or served separately.” — 1947, Alexandra Kropotkin, How to Cook and Eat in Russian, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 151:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).