Korean

See also: korean

English

Alternative forms

• Corean (obsolete)

Etymology

Korea +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪən/

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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

• Sino-Korean

Translations

relating to the Korean Peninsula

• Albanian: korean (sq)
• Arabic: كُورِيّ (kōriyy)
• Armenian: կորեական (koreakan)
• Basque: korear
• Bulgarian: корейски m (korejski)
• Catalan: coreà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朝鮮的／朝鲜的, 朝鲜的 (Cháoxiǎn de), 韓國的／韩国的, 韩国的 (Hánguó de)

• 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)
• German: koreanisch (de)
• Greek: κορεατικός (el) (koreatikós)
• Hawaiian: Kōlea
• Hungarian: koreai (hu)
• Icelandic: kóreskur
• Indonesian: Korea (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Cóiréach
• Italian: coreano (it)
• Japanese: (South) ^{(please verify)} 韓国の (かんこくの, Kankoku-no), (North or related to both of Koreas in academic context) ^{(please verify)} 朝鮮の (ちょうせんの, Chōsen-no)
• Kazakh: кәріс (kärıs)
• Korean: 조선의 (joseonui), (North Korea), 한국의 (han'gugui), (South Korea) 한 (ko) (han)
• Latvian: korejiešu, korejisks
• Lithuanian: korėjiečių (lt), korėjietiškas
• Malay: Korea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koreansk

  Nynorsk: koreansk

• Occitan: corean (oc)
• Polish: koreański (pl)
• Portuguese: coreano (pt)
• Romanian: coreean (ro)
• Russian: коре́йский (ru) (koréjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: korejski (sh) m
• Spanish: coreano (es)
• Swahili: ya Korea
• Swedish: koreansk (sv)
• Turkish: Kore (tr)

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

language

• Albanian: korean (sq)
• Arabic: كُورِيّ m (kōriyy), كُورِيَّة (ar) f (kōriyya)
• Armenian: կորեերեն (hy) (koreeren)
• Basque: koreera (eu)
• Belarusian: карэ́йская мо́ва f (karéjskaja móva), карэ́йская f (karéjskaja)
• Bulgarian: коре́йски m (koréjski) (ези́к)
• Catalan: coreà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 韓文／韩文, 韩文 (hon⁴ man^4-2)

  Mandarin: 韓語／韩语 (zh) (Hányǔ), 韩语 (zh) (hányǔ), 韓文／韩文 (zh) (Hánwén), 韩文 (zh) (hánwén), 朝鮮語／朝鲜语 (zh), 朝鲜语 (zh) (cháoxiǎnyǔ)

  Min Nan: 韓文／韩文 (hân-bûn), 韓語／韩语 (hân-gú, hân-gí)

• 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
• Hebrew: קוריאנית f
• Hindi: कोरियाई (hi) (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)
• Kazakh: кәріс тілі (kärıs tılı)
• Khmer: ភាសាកូរ៉េ (phiəsaa kouree)
• Korean: 조선어 (ko) (joseoneo) (朝鮮語 (ko)) (North Korea), 한국어 (ko) (han'gugeo) (韓國語 (ko)), 한국말 (ko) (han'gungmal), 국어 (ko) (gugeo), 우리말 (ko) (urimal), 한글 (ko) (han'geul) (informal, careful speakers regard this usage as incorrect) (South Korea)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lao: ພາສາເກົາຫຼີ (phā sākao lī)
• Latvian: korejiešu valoda
• Lithuanian: korėjiečių kalba (lt)
• Macedonian: коре́јски m (koréjski) (ја́зик)
• Malay: bahasa Korea
• Marathi: कोरियन f (koriyan)
• Mongolian: 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 (ru) m (koréjskij jazýk), коре́йский (ru) m (koréjskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: корејски m

  Roman: 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
• Thai: ภาษาเกาหลี (paa-sǎa gao-lǐi)
• Tigrinya: ኮሪያኛ (koriyaña)
• Turkish: Korece (tr)
• Ukrainian: коре́йська (uk) f (koréjsʹka) (мо́ва)
• Uzbek: koreys (uz)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hàn Quốc (vi), tiếng Triều Tiên (vi)
• Yiddish: קאָרעאיש (koreish)

person

• Albanian: korean (sq)
• Arabic: كُورِيّ m (kōriyy), كُورِيَّة (ar) f (kōriyya)
• Armenian: կորեացի (koreacʻi)
• Basque: korear
• Catalan: coreà (ca) m, coreana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 韓國人／韩国人 (hon⁴ gwok³ jan⁴), 韩国人 (hon⁴ gwok³ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 韓國人／韩国人 (zh) (hánguórén), 韩国人 (zh) (hánguórén), 朝鮮人／朝鲜人 (zh), 朝鲜人 (zh) (cháoxiānrén)

  Min Nan: 韓國人／韩国人 (hân-kok-lâng)

• Czech: Korejec (cs) m, Korejka (cs) f
• Danish: Koreaner
• 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
• German: Koreaner (de) m, Koreanerin (de) f
• Greek: Κορεάτης (el) m (Koreátis), Κορεάτισσα (el) f (Koreátissa)
• Hawaiian: Kōlea
• Hungarian: koreai (hu)
• Ido: Koreano (io)
• Indonesian: orang Korea
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 (korian)
• Kazakh: кәріс (kärıs)
• Korean: 조선인 (ko) (joseonin) (朝鮮人 (ko)), 조선 사람 (joseon saram) (North Korea), 한국인 (ko) (han'gugin) (韓國人 (ko)), 한국 사람 (han'guk saram) (South Korea), 우리나라 사람 (urinara saram)
• Latvian: korejietis m, korejiete f
• Lithuanian: korėjietis (lt) m, korėjietė (lt) f
• Malay: orang Korea
• Maltese: Korejan m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koreaner m

  Nynorsk: koreanar m

• 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)
• Slovak: Kórejčan m, Kórejčanka f
• Slovene: Korejec (sl) m, Korejka f
• Spanish: coreano (es) m, coreana (es) f
• Swahili: Mkorea (sw)
• Swedish: korean (sv) m, koreanska (sv) f
• Turkish: Koreli (tr)

See also

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

Further reading

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Finnish

Proper noun

Korean

1. genitive singular of Korea

Anagrams

• erakon, kerona, nokare