Korean

See also: korean

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Korea +‎ -an

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɪən/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

Korean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.
  2. Of or relating to the Korean language.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Korean (countable and uncountable, plural Koreans)

  1. (uncountable) Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
  2. (countable) Designation given to the indigenous or naturalized people occupying the Korean Peninsula on the Asian continent, in either North Korea or South Korea.

Translations

See also
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Korean terms
  • Appendix:Korean Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Korean

Further reading

Finnish

Proper noun

Korean

  1. Genitive singular form of Korea.

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