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Korean
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korean
English
ko
Alternative forms
en Corean obsolete
Etymology
From en Korea -an.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈɹi.ən/ GA
en /kəˈɹiːən/ RP
en en-us-Korean.ogg US
en iːən 3
Adjective
Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.
en 2013-07-18 Claire Lee Popular TV drama revisited onstage w:The Korea Herald https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130718000750 The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors. https://web.archive.org/web/20230118162340/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130718000750 18 January 2023
Of or relating to the Korean language.
Derived terms
en Konglish Kopina Kopino Korean age Korean barbecue Korean BBQ Korean chestnut Korean crevice salamander Korean dogwood Koreanic Koreanistics Koreanization Koreanize Koreanness Koreanology Koreanovela Korean pear Korean People's Democratic Republic Korean pine Korean sauce Korean Sign Language Korean Wave Korean wave Sino-Korean
Translations
relating to the Korean Peninsula
Albanian: sq korean
Arabic: ar كُورِيّ kōriyy
Armenian: hy կորեական
Asturian: ast coreanu
Azerbaijani: az koreya, az koreyalı
Basque: eu korear
Belarusian: be карэ́йскі
Bengali: bn কোরীয়
Bulgarian: bg коре́йски
Burmese: my ကိုရီးယား
Catalan: ca coreà
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 朝鮮的 Cháoxiǎn de, cmn 韓國的 Hánguó de
Czech: cs korejský
Danish: da koreansk, da koreanskt n
Dhivehi: dv ކޮރެޔާ ބަސް
Dutch: nl Koreaans, nl Koreaanse
Estonian: et korea
Finnish: fi korealainen
French: fr coréen
Galician: gl coreano
Georgian: ka კორეული
German: de koreanisch
Greek: el κορεατικός
Hawaiian: haw Kōlea
Hindi: hi कोरियाई
Hungarian: hu koreai
Icelandic: is kóreskur
Indonesian: id Korea
Irish: ga Cóiréach
Italian: it coreano
Japanese: South ja 韓国の かんこくの, Kankoku no, North or related to both of Koreas in academic context ja 朝鮮の ちょうせんの, Chōsen no
Kazakh: kk кәріс, kk корей
Khmer: km កូរ៉េ
Korean: ko 조선 ^조선-의, North Korea, ko 한국 ^한국-의, South Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr koreyî
Kyrgyz: ky корей
Lao: lo ເກົາຫລີ
Latvian: lv korejiešu, lv korejisks
Lithuanian: lt korėjiečių, lt korėjietiškas
Macedonian: mk корејски
Malay: ms Korea
Manchu: mnc ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ, mnc ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ᡳ, mnc ᠴᠣᠣᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡳ
Marathi: mr कोरियन
Mon: mnw ကိုဝ်ရဳယျာ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn солонгос, mn солонгос солонгосын
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb koreansk
Nynorsk: nn koreansk
Occitan: oc corean
Pashto: ps کوریایي
Persian: fa کرهای kore-yi
Polish: pl koreański
Portuguese: pt coreano
Romanian: ro coreean
Russian: ru коре́йский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ко̀ре̄јскӣ
Latin: sh kòrējskī
Slovak: sk kórejský
Slovene: sl korejski
Spanish: es coreano
Swahili: sw ya Korea
Swedish: sv koreansk
Tagalog: tl Korean, tl Koreano
Tajik: tg кореягӣ, tg куриёӣ
Tatar: tt корей
Thai: th เกาหลี
Turkish: tr Kore, tr Koreli
Turkmen: tk koreý
Ukrainian: uk коре́йський
Urdu: ur کوریائی koriyā'ī
Uyghur: ug كورېيە
Uzbek: uz koreys
Vietnamese: vi Triều Tiên, vi Hàn Quốc
Xibe: sjo ᠴᠣᡠᠰᡞᠶᠠᠨ ᡞ coosiyan -i
Yiddish: yi קאָרעיש
Zhuang: za Cauzsenh, za Hanzgoz
Proper noun
en Q9176 The official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
en North Korean#Proper noun South Korean#Proper noun
Translations
Korean language
Albanian: sq korean
Arabic: ar كُورِيّ m kōriyy, ar كُورِيَّة f kōriyya
Armenian: hy կորեերեն
Asturian: ast coreanu
Basque: eu koreera
Belarusian: be карэ́йская мо́ва f, be карэ́йская мо́ва
Bulgarian: bg коре́йски m ези́к
Catalan: ca coreà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 韓文 hon4 man4-2
Hokkien: nan-hbl 韓文 hân-bûn, nan-hbl 韓語 hân-gú, hân-gí
Mandarin: cmn 韓語 hányǔ, cmn 韓文 hánwén, cmn 朝鮮語 cháoxiǎnyǔ
Czech: cs korejština f
Dutch: nl Koreaans n
Esperanto: eo Koreana
Estonian: et korea keel
Finnish: fi korea, fi korean kieli
French: fr coréen m
Galician: gl coreano m
Georgian: ka კორეული
German: de Koreanisch n
Greek: el κορεατικά n-p
Greenlandic: kl koreamiusut
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug koreañe'ẽ
Hebrew: he קוריאנית f
Hindi: hi कोरियाई f
Hungarian: hu koreai
Icelandic: is kóreska
Ido: io Koreana
Indonesian: id bahasa Korea
Irish: ga Cóiréis f
Italian: it coreano
Japanese: ja 韓国語 かんこくご, kankokugo South, ja 朝鮮語 ちょうせんご, chōsengo North or academic, ja ハングル hanguru colloquial proscribed, ja コリアン korian colloquial
Kazakh: kk кәріс тілі, kk кәрісше, kk корейше
Khmer: km ភាសាកូរ៉េ phiəsaa kouree
Korean: ko 조선어(朝鮮語) North Korea, ko 한국어(韓國語), ko 한국말, ko 국어(國語), ko 우리말, ko 우리글, ko 한글 colloquial proscribed South Korea
Kyrgyz: ky корейче
Lao: lo ພາສາເກົາຫຼີ
Latvian: lv korejiešu valoda
Lithuanian: lt korėjiečių kalba
Macedonian: mk коре́јски m ја́зик
Malay: ms bahasa Korea
Manchu: mnc ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
Marathi: mr कोरियन f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn солонгос хэл
Navajo: nv Kolíya dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb koreansk m
Nynorsk: nn koreansk m
Occitan: oc corean m
Persian: fa کرهای kore-'i
Polish: pl koreański
Portuguese: pt coreano m
Romanian: ro coreeană f
Russian: ru коре́йский язы́к m, ru коре́йский m язы́к
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh корејски m
Latin: sh korejski m
Sinhalese: si කොරියානු, si කොරියානු භාෂාව
Slovak: sk kórejčina f
Slovene: sl korejščina f
Spanish: es coreano m
Swahili: sw Kikorea
Swedish: sv koreanska c
Tagalog: tl Koreano, tl Korean
Thai: th ภาษาเกาหลี paa-sǎa gao-lǐi
Tigrinya: ti ኮሪያኛ
Turkish: tr Korece
Ukrainian: uk коре́йська мо́ва f, uk коре́йська f мо́ва
Uyghur: ug كورىيەچە
Uzbek: uz koreys, uz koreyscha
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hàn Quốc, vi tiếng Triều Tiên
Yiddish: yi קאָרעאיש
Noun
A member of an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula.
en 1995 w:K. Connie Kang Home Was the Land of Morning Calm https://archive.org/details/homewaslandofmor00kang/ w:Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 0-201-62684-5 94-49532 31938910 1122490M 32 https://archive.org/details/homewaslandofmor00kang/page/32/ The legacy of the Korean independence movement remains today: nearly two million ethnic Koreans live in China, half of them in the Yenpien Korean Autonomous District in southeast Manchuria.
en 2023-06-26 w:The Korea Times Jun Ji-hye Korea's age system to change from Wednesday https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/06/113_353696.html https://web.archive.org/web/20241009060726/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/06/113_353696.html 9 October 2024 All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system
Translations
person from Korea
Albanian: sq korean
Arabic: ar كُورِيّ m kōriyy, ar كُورِيَّة f kōriyya
Armenian: hy կորեացի
Asturian: ast coreanu m, ast coreana f
Azerbaijani: az koreya, az koreyalı
Basque: eu korear
Belarusian: be карэ́ец m, be карэя́нка f
Bulgarian: bg коре́ец m, bg коре́йка f
Catalan: ca coreà m, ca coreana f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 韓國人 hon4 gwok3 jan4
Hokkien: nan-hbl 韓國人 hân-kok-lâng
Mandarin: cmn 韓國人 hánguórén, cmn 朝鮮人 cháoxiānrén
Czech: cs Korejec m, cs Korejka f
Danish: da Koreaner c
Dutch: nl Koreaan m, nl Koreaanse f
Estonian: et korealane
Finnish: fi korealainen
French: fr Coréen m, fr Coréenne f
Galician: gl coreano m, gl coreana f
Georgian: ka კორეელი
German: de Koreaner m, de Koreanerin f
Greek: el Κορεάτης m, el Κορεάτισσα f
Hawaiian: haw Kōlea
Hindi: hi कोरियाई m f
Hungarian: hu koreai
Icelandic: is Kóreumaður m
Ido: io Koreano
Indonesian: id orang Korea
Irish: ga Cóiréach m
Italian: it coreano m, it coreana f
Japanese: ja 朝鮮人 ちょうせんじん, chōsenjin, ja 韓国人 かんこくじん, kankokujin South, ja コリアン korian
Kazakh: kk кәріс, kk корей
Korean: ko 조선인(朝鮮人), ko 조선 사람 North Korea, ko 한국인(韓國人), ko 한국 사람 South Korea, ko 우리나라 사람
Kyrgyz: ky корей
Latvian: lv korejietis m, lv korejiete f
Lithuanian: lt korėjietis m, lt korėjietė f
Macedonian: mk Кореец m, mk Корејка f
Malay: ms orang Korea
Maltese: mt Korejan m
Manchu: mnc ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ
Marathi: mr कोरियन
Mongolian: mn ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠩᠭᠣᠰ
Cyrillic: mn солонгос
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb koreaner m
Nynorsk: nn koreanar m
Persian: fa کرهای kore-'i
Polish: pl Koreańczyk m-pr, pl Koreanka f
Portuguese: pt coreano m, pt coreana f
Romanian: ro coreean m, ro coreeană f, ro coreeancă f
Russian: ru коре́ец m, ru корея́нка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Коре́јац m, sh Корејка f, sh Корејанац m, sh Корејанка f less common, sh Кореанац m, sh Кореанка f less common
Latin: sh Koréjac m, sh Korejka f, sh Korejanac m, sh Korejanka f less common, sh Koreanac m, sh Koreanka f less common
Slovak: sk Kórejčan m, sk Kórejčanka f
Slovene: sl Korejec m, sl Korejka f
Spanish: es coreano m, es coreana f
Swahili: sw Mkorea
Swedish: sv korean, sv koreanska f
Tagalog: tl Koreano, tl Koreana, tl Korean
Tajik: tg кореягӣ, tg куриёӣ
Turkish: tr Koreli
Turkmen: tk koreý
Ukrainian: uk коре́єць m, uk корея́нка f
Uyghur: ug كورېيە
Uzbek: uz koreys
Vietnamese: vi người Triều Tiên North Koreans and as an ethnic group, vi người Hàn Quốc South Koreans only, vi người Hàn South Koreans only
Yiddish: yi קאָרעער m
Related terms
en Proto-Koreanic
en Old Korean
en Middle Korean
en Early Modern Korean
en Modern Korean
See also
ko
Further reading
1 ko kor
kor
en Korean Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Korea gen s
Anagrams
fi aeknor erakon kerona nokare