Korean
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
Korean (comparative more Korean , superlative most Korean )
Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea .
2013 July 18, Claire Lee, “Popular TV drama revisited onstage”, in The Korea Herald [1] the original on 18 January 2023 :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.
Of or relating to the Korean language.
Derived terms
Translations
relating to the Korean Peninsula
Albanian: korean (sq)
Arabic: كُورِيّ ( kōriyy )
Armenian: կորեական ( koreakan )
Asturian: coreanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: koreya koreyalı (az)
Basque: korear
Belarusian: карэ́йскі ( karéjski )
Bengali: কোরীয় ( kōriẏo )
Bulgarian: коре́йски ( koréjski )
Burmese: ကိုရီးယား (my) ( kuiri:ya: )
Catalan: coreà (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 朝鮮 的 / 朝鲜 的 ( Cháoxiǎn de ) , 韓國 的 / 韩国 的 ( Hánguó de )
Czech: korejský (cs)
Danish: koreansk koreanskt n
Dhivehi: ކޮރެޔާ ބަސް (dv) ( koreyā bas )
Dutch: Koreaans (nl) , Koreaanse (nl)
Estonian: korea (et)
Finnish: korealainen (fi)
French: coréen (fr)
Galician: coreano (gl)
Georgian: კორეული ( ḳoreuli )
German: koreanisch (de)
Greek: κορεατικός (el) ( koreatikós )
Hawaiian: Kōlea
Hindi: कोरियाई (hi) ( koriyāī )
Hungarian: koreai (hu)
Icelandic: kóreskur (is)
Indonesian: Korea (id)
Irish: Cóiréach
Italian: coreano (it)
Japanese: ( South ) 韓国 の ( かんこくの, Kankoku no ) , ( North or related to both of Koreas in academic context ) 朝鮮 の ( ちょうせんの, Chōsen no )
Kazakh: кәріс ( käris ) , корей ( korey )
Khmer: កូរ៉េ (km) ( kouree )
Korean: 조선의 ( Joseon-ui ) , ( North Korea ) , 한국의 ( Han'gug-ui ) , ( South Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: koreyî (ku)
Kyrgyz: корей ( korey )
Lao: ເກົາຫລີ ( kao lī )
Latvian: korejiešu korejisks
Lithuanian: korėjiečių (lt) , korėjietiškas
Macedonian: корејски ( korejski )
Malay: Korea
Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ( solho ) , ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ᡳ ( solho-i ) , ᠴᠣᠣᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡳ ( coohiyan-i )
Marathi: कोरियन ( koriyan )
Mon: ကိုဝ်ရဳယျာ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: солонгос ( solongos ) , солонгосын ( solongosyn )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: koreansk
Nynorsk: koreansk
Occitan: corean (oc)
Pashto: کوریایي
Persian: کرهای ( kore-yi )
Polish: koreański (pl)
Portuguese: coreano (pt)
Romanian: coreean (ro)
Russian: коре́йский (ru) ( koréjskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀ре̄јскӣ
Latin: kòrējskī (sh)
Slovak: kórejský (sk)
Slovene: korejski (sl)
Spanish: coreano (es)
Swahili: ya Korea
Swedish: koreansk (sv)
Tagalog: Korean Koreano (tl)
Tajik: кореягӣ (tg) ( koreyagi ) , куриёӣ ( kuriyoyi )
Tatar: корей ( qörey )
Thai: เกาหลี (th) ( gao-lǐi )
Turkish: Kore (tr) , Koreli (tr)
Turkmen: koreý
Ukrainian: коре́йський (uk) ( koréjsʹkyj )
Urdu: کوریائی ( koriyā'ī )
Uyghur: كورېيە ( korëye )
Uzbek: koreys (uz)
Vietnamese: Triều Tiên (vi) , Hàn Quốc (vi)
Xibe: ᠴᠣᡠᠰᡞᠶᠠᠨ ᡞ ( coosiyan -i )
Yiddish: קאָרעיש ( koreysh )
Zhuang: Cauzsenh Hanzgoz
Proper noun
Korean
The official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
Coordinate terms: North Korean South Korean
Translations
Korean language
Albanian: korean (sq)
Arabic: كُورِيّ m ( kōriyy ) , كُورِيَّة (ar) f ( kōriyya )
Armenian: կորեերեն (hy) ( koreeren )
Asturian: coreanu (ast)
Basque: koreera (eu)
Belarusian: карэ́йская мо́ва f ( karéjskaja móva ) , карэ́йская ( karéjskaja ) ( мо́ва )
Bulgarian: коре́йски m ( koréjski ) ( ези́к )
Catalan: coreà (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 韓文 / 韩文 ( hon4 man4-2 )
Hokkien: 韓文 / 韩文 ( hân-bûn ) , 韓語 / 韩语 ( hân-gú, hân-gí )
Mandarin: 韓語 / 韩语 (zh) ( hányǔ ) , 韓文 / 韩文 (zh) ( hánwén ) , 朝鮮語 / 朝鲜语 (zh) ( cháoxiǎnyǔ )
Czech: korejština (cs) f
Dutch: Koreaans (nl) n
Esperanto: Koreana
Estonian: korea keel (et)
Finnish: korea (fi) , korean kieli
French: coréen (fr) m
Galician: coreano (gl) m
Georgian: კორეული ( ḳoreuli )
German: Koreanisch (de) n
Greek: κορεατικά (el) n pl ( koreatiká )
Greenlandic: koreamiusut
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) koreañe'ẽ
Hebrew: קוריאנית f
Hindi: कोरियाई (hi) f ( koriyāī )
Hungarian: koreai (hu)
Icelandic: kóreska (is)
Ido: Koreana (io)
Indonesian: bahasa Korea
Irish: Cóiréis f
Italian: coreano (it)
Japanese: 韓国語 (ja) ( かんこくご, kankokugo ) ( South ) , 朝鮮語 (ja) ( ちょうせんご, chōsengo ) ( North or academic ) , ハングル (ja) ( hanguru ) ( colloquial, proscribed ) , コリアン (ja) ( korian ) ( colloquial )
Kazakh: кәріс тілі ( käris tili ) , кәрісше ( kärisše ) , корейше ( koreyše )
Khmer: ភាសា កូរ៉េ ( phiəsaa kouree )
Korean: 조선어(朝鮮語) (ko) ( joseoneo ) ( North Korea ) , 한국어(韓國語) (ko) ( han'gugeo ) , 한국말 (ko) ( han'gungmal ) , 국어(國語) (ko) ( gugeo ) , 우리말 (ko) ( urimal ) , 우리글 (ko) ( urigeul ) , 한글 (ko) ( han'geul ) ( colloquial, proscribed, South Korea )
Kyrgyz: корейче ( koreyce )
Lao: ພາສາ ເກົາຫຼີ ( phā sākao lī )
Latvian: korejiešu valoda
Lithuanian: korėjiečių kalba (lt)
Macedonian: коре́јски m ( koréjski ) ( ја́зик )
Malay: bahasa Korea
Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ( solho gisun )
Marathi: कोरियन f ( koriyan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: солонгос хэл ( solongos xel )
Navajo: Kolíya dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: koreansk m
Nynorsk: koreansk m
Occitan: corean (oc) m
Persian: کرهای ( kore-'i )
Polish: koreański (pl)
Portuguese: coreano (pt) m
Romanian: coreeană (ro) f
Russian: коре́йский язы́к m ( koréjskij jazýk ) , коре́йский (ru) m ( koréjskij ) ( язы́к )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: корејски m
Latin: korejski (sh) m
Sinhalese: කොරියානු (si) ( koriyānu ) , කොරියානු භාෂාව ( koriyānu bhāṣāwa )
Slovak: kórejčina (sk) f
Slovene: korejščina (sl) f
Spanish: coreano (es) m
Swahili: Kikorea
Swedish: koreanska (sv) c
Tagalog: Koreano (tl) , Korean
Thai: ภาษา เกาหลี ( paa-sǎa gao-lǐi )
Tigrinya: ኮሪያኛ ( koriyaña )
Turkish: Korece (tr)
Ukrainian: коре́йська мо́ва f ( koréjsʹka móva ) , коре́йська (uk) f ( koréjsʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Uyghur: كورىيەچە ( koriyeche )
Uzbek: koreys (uz) , koreyscha (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Hàn Quốc (vi) , tiếng Triều Tiên (vi)
Yiddish: קאָרעאיש ( koreish )
Noun
Korean (plural Koreans
A member of an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula .
2023 June 26, Jun Ji-hye, “Korea's age system to change from Wednesday”, in The Korea Times [3] the original on 9 October 2024 :All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system
Translations
person from Korea
Albanian: korean (sq)
Arabic: كُورِيّ m ( kōriyy ) , كُورِيَّة (ar) f ( kōriyya )
Armenian: կորեացի ( koreacʻi )
Asturian: coreanu (ast) m coreana (ast) f
Azerbaijani: koreya koreyalı (az)
Basque: korear
Belarusian: карэ́ец m ( karéjec ) , карэя́нка f ( karejánka )
Bulgarian: коре́ец m ( koréec ) , коре́йка f ( koréjka )
Catalan: coreà (ca) m coreana (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 韓國人 / 韩国人 ( hon4 gwok3 jan4 )
Hokkien: 韓國人 / 韩国人 ( hân-kok-lâng )
Mandarin: 韓國人 / 韩国人 (zh) ( hánguórén ) , 朝鮮人 / 朝鲜人 (zh) ( cháoxiānrén )
Czech: Korejec (cs) m Korejka (cs) f
Danish: Koreaner c
Dutch: Koreaan (nl) m Koreaanse (nl) f
Estonian: korealane
Finnish: korealainen (fi)
French: Coréen (fr) m Coréenne (fr) f
Galician: coreano (gl) m coreana f
Georgian: კორეელი ( ḳoreeli )
German: Koreaner (de) m Koreanerin (de) f
Greek: Κορεάτης (el) m ( Koreátis ) , Κορεάτισσα (el) f ( Koreátissa )
Hawaiian: Kōlea
Hindi: कोरियाई (hi) m or f ( koriyāī )
Hungarian: koreai (hu)
Icelandic: Kóreumaður m
Ido: Koreano (io)
Indonesian: orang Korea
Irish: Cóiréach m
Italian: coreano (it) m coreana (it) f
Japanese: 朝鮮人 (ja) ( ちょうせんじん, chōsenjin ) , 韓国人 (ja) ( かんこくじん, kankokujin ) ( South ) , コリアン (ja) ( korian )
Kazakh: кәріс ( käris ) , корей ( korey )
Korean: 조선인(朝鮮人) (ko) ( joseonin ) , 조선 사람 ( joseon saram ) ( North Korea ) , 한국인(韓國人) (ko) ( han'gugin ) , 한국 사람 ( han'guk saram ) ( South Korea ) , 우리나라 사람 ( urinara saram )
Kyrgyz: корей ( korey )
Latvian: korejietis m korejiete f
Lithuanian: korėjietis (lt) m korėjietė (lt) f
Macedonian: Кореец m ( Koreec ) , Корејка f ( Korejka )
Malay: orang Korea
Maltese: Korejan m
Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ ( solho )
Marathi: कोरियन ( koriyan )
Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠩᠭᠣᠰ ( solongɣos )
Cyrillic: солонгос ( solongos )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: koreaner m
Nynorsk: koreanar m
Persian: کرهای ( kore-'i )
Polish: Koreańczyk (pl) m pers Koreanka (pl) f
Portuguese: coreano (pt) m coreana f
Romanian: coreean (ro) m coreeană (ro) f coreeancă f
Russian: коре́ец (ru) m ( koréjec ) , корея́нка (ru) f ( korejánka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Коре́јац m Корејка f Корејанац m Корејанка f ( less common ) , Кореанац m Кореанка f ( less common )
Latin: Koréjac (sh) m Korejka f Korejanac m Korejanka f ( less common ) , Koreanac m Koreanka f ( less common )
Slovak: Kórejčan m Kórejčanka f
Slovene: Korejec (sl) m Korejka f
Spanish: coreano (es) m coreana (es) f
Swahili: Mkorea (sw)
Swedish: korean (sv) , koreanska (sv) f
Tagalog: Koreano (tl) , Koreana Korean
Tajik: кореягӣ (tg) ( koreyagi ) , куриёӣ ( kuriyoyi )
Turkish: Koreli (tr)
Turkmen: koreý
Ukrainian: коре́єць (uk) m ( koréjecʹ ) , корея́нка f ( korejánka )
Uyghur: كورېيە ( korëye )
Uzbek: koreys (uz)
Vietnamese: người Triều Tiên ( North Koreans and as an ethnic group ) , người Hàn Quốc ( South Koreans only ) , người Hàn ( South Koreans only )
Yiddish: קאָרעער m ( koreer )
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
genitive singular of Korea
Anagrams
