taekwondo

See also: Taekwondo and tae kwon do

English

Alternative forms

• tae kwon do, taekwon-do

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪkwɑnˈdoʊ/, /-ˈkwɑn-/, (colloquially) /ˌteɪ-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪkwɒnˈdəʊ/, /-ˈkwɒn-/, (colloquially) /ˌteɪ-/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tae‧kwon‧do

Noun

taekwondo (uncountable)

1. A martial art from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a recognised Olympic sport.

   Synonym: TKD

   • 2024 August 30, George Ramsay, “Zakia Khudadadi makes history by winning first-ever Paralympic medal for the refugee team with taekwondo bronze”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 September 2024:

     Khudadadi, originally from Afghanistan but now living and training in France, won bronze in the taekwondo women’s K44 -47kg category in Paris.

Derived terms

• parataekwondo
• Tae Bo
• taekwondoist
• TKD

Translations

a martial art

• Arabic: تَايْكُونْدُو m (taykūndū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 跆拳道 (toi⁴ kyun⁴ dou⁶)

  Hokkien: 跆拳道 (thái-kûn-tō)

  Mandarin: 跆拳道 (zh) (táiquándào)

• Esperanto: tekvondo (eo)
• Finnish: taekwondo (fi)
• French: taekwondo (fr) m
• German: Taekwondo (de) n
• Greek: τάεκβοντο n (táekvonto)
• Hungarian: taekwondo (hu)
• Indonesian: taekwondo (id)
• Interlingua: taekwondo
• Italian: taekwondo (it)
• Japanese: テコンドー (ja) (tekondō), 跆拳道 (ja) (tekondō)
• Kazakh: таеквондо (tayekvondo)
• Korean: 태권도(跆拳道) (ko) (taegwondo)
• Latvian: tekvondo
• Macedonian: теквондо́ n (tekvondó)
• Persian: تکواندو (fa) (tekvândo)
• Polish: taekwondo (pl) n
• Portuguese: taekwondo (pt) m, tae kwon do m
• Russian: тхэквондо́ (ru) n (txɛkvondó)
• Spanish: taekwondo (es) m
• Thai: เทควันโด (th) (tee-kwan-dôo)
• Turkish: tekvando (tr)
• Vietnamese: đài quyền đạo

See also

• dojang

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑekʋondo/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝e̞kˌʋo̞ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -ondo

Noun

taekwondo

1. taekwondo (a Korean martial art)

Declension

Inflection of taekwondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		taekwondo	taekwondot
genitive		taekwondon	taekwondojen
partitive		taekwondoa	taekwondoja
illative		taekwondoon	taekwondoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		taekwondo	taekwondot
accusative	nom.	taekwondo	taekwondot
	gen.	taekwondon
genitive		taekwondon	taekwondojen
partitive		taekwondoa	taekwondoja
inessive		taekwondossa	taekwondoissa
elative		taekwondosta	taekwondoista
illative		taekwondoon	taekwondoihin
adessive		taekwondolla	taekwondoilla
ablative		taekwondolta	taekwondoilta
allative		taekwondolle	taekwondoille
essive		taekwondona	taekwondoina
translative		taekwondoksi	taekwondoiksi
abessive		taekwondotta	taekwondoitta
instructive		—	taekwondoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of taekwondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative taekwondoni taekwondoni accusative nom. taekwondoni taekwondoni gen. taekwondoni genitive taekwondoni taekwondojeni partitive taekwondoani taekwondojani inessive taekwondossani taekwondoissani elative taekwondostani taekwondoistani illative taekwondooni taekwondoihini adessive taekwondollani taekwondoillani ablative taekwondoltani taekwondoiltani allative taekwondolleni taekwondoilleni essive taekwondonani taekwondoinani translative taekwondokseni taekwondoikseni abessive taekwondottani taekwondoittani instructive — — comitative — taekwondoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative taekwondosi taekwondosi accusative nom. taekwondosi taekwondosi gen. taekwondosi genitive taekwondosi taekwondojesi partitive taekwondoasi taekwondojasi inessive taekwondossasi taekwondoissasi elative taekwondostasi taekwondoistasi illative taekwondoosi taekwondoihisi adessive taekwondollasi taekwondoillasi ablative taekwondoltasi taekwondoiltasi allative taekwondollesi taekwondoillesi essive taekwondonasi taekwondoinasi translative taekwondoksesi taekwondoiksesi abessive taekwondottasi taekwondoittasi instructive — — comitative — taekwondoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative taekwondomme taekwondomme accusative nom. taekwondomme taekwondomme gen. taekwondomme genitive taekwondomme taekwondojemme partitive taekwondoamme taekwondojamme inessive taekwondossamme taekwondoissamme elative taekwondostamme taekwondoistamme illative taekwondoomme taekwondoihimme adessive taekwondollamme taekwondoillamme ablative taekwondoltamme taekwondoiltamme allative taekwondollemme taekwondoillemme essive taekwondonamme taekwondoinamme translative taekwondoksemme taekwondoiksemme abessive taekwondottamme taekwondoittamme instructive — — comitative — taekwondoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative taekwondonne taekwondonne accusative nom. taekwondonne taekwondonne gen. taekwondonne genitive taekwondonne taekwondojenne partitive taekwondoanne taekwondojanne inessive taekwondossanne taekwondoissanne elative taekwondostanne taekwondoistanne illative taekwondoonne taekwondoihinne adessive taekwondollanne taekwondoillanne ablative taekwondoltanne taekwondoiltanne allative taekwondollenne taekwondoillenne essive taekwondonanne taekwondoinanne translative taekwondoksenne taekwondoiksenne abessive taekwondottanne taekwondoittanne instructive — — comitative — taekwondoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative taekwondonsa taekwondonsa accusative nom. taekwondonsa taekwondonsa gen. taekwondonsa genitive taekwondonsa taekwondojensa partitive taekwondoaan taekwondoansa taekwondojaan taekwondojansa inessive taekwondossaan taekwondossansa taekwondoissaan taekwondoissansa elative taekwondostaan taekwondostansa taekwondoistaan taekwondoistansa illative taekwondoonsa taekwondoihinsa adessive taekwondollaan taekwondollansa taekwondoillaan taekwondoillansa ablative taekwondoltaan taekwondoltansa taekwondoiltaan taekwondoiltansa allative taekwondolleen taekwondollensa taekwondoilleen taekwondoillensa essive taekwondonaan taekwondonansa taekwondoinaan taekwondoinansa translative taekwondokseen taekwondoksensa taekwondoikseen taekwondoiksensa abessive taekwondottaan taekwondottansa taekwondoittaan taekwondoittansa instructive — — comitative — taekwondoineen taekwondoinensa

Further reading

• “taekwondo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Etymology

[around 1980] Unadapted borrowing from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.kwɔ̃.do/; /taj.kwɔn.do/; /te.kwɔn.do/

Noun

taekwondo m (uncountable)

1. taekwondo (a Korean martial art)

   je pratique le taekwondo ― I practice taekwondo

Derived terms

• taekwon-doin
• taekwondoïste
• taekwondoka

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkvondoː]
• Hyphenation: taek‧won‧do
• Rhymes: -doː

Noun

taekwondo (usually uncountable, plural taekwondók)

1. (martial arts) taekwondo (martial arts form)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	taekwondo	taekwondók
accusative	taekwondót	taekwondókat
dative	taekwondónak	taekwondóknak
instrumental	taekwondóval	taekwondókkal
causal-final	taekwondóért	taekwondókért
translative	taekwondóvá	taekwondókká
terminative	taekwondóig	taekwondókig
essive-formal	taekwondoként	taekwondókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	taekwondóban	taekwondókban
superessive	taekwondón	taekwondókon
adessive	taekwondónál	taekwondóknál
illative	taekwondóba	taekwondókba
sublative	taekwondóra	taekwondókra
allative	taekwondóhoz	taekwondókhoz
elative	taekwondóból	taekwondókból
delative	taekwondóról	taekwondókról
ablative	taekwondótól	taekwondóktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	taekwondóé	taekwondóké
non-attributive possessive – plural	taekwondóéi	taekwondókéi

Possessive forms of taekwondo

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	taekwondóm	taekwondóim
2nd person sing.	taekwondód	taekwondóid
3rd person sing.	taekwondója	taekwondói
1st person plural	taekwondónk	taekwondóink
2nd person plural	taekwondótok	taekwondóitok
3rd person plural	taekwondójuk	taekwondóik

Derived terms

• taekwondós
• taekwondózik

Norwegian Bokmål

A taekwondo practitioner performing a side kick.

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도 (taegwondo, “taekwondo”), a Sino-Korean formation written in Hanja as 跆拳道 (taegwondo), from 跆 (tae, “to tread, trample”) + 拳 (gwon, “fist”) + 道 (do, “way, path”), literally “trampling-fist-way” and conventionally interpreted as “the way of the foot and fist”. The name was proposed in 1955 by Choi Hong-hi.

Compare the parallel borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk taekwondo, Danish taekwondo, German Taekwondo, Finnish taekwondo, Hungarian taekwondo and Portuguese taekwondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹taɪˈkʋɔn.du/, [taɪˈkʋɔ̀n.dǔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔndu
• Hyphenation: tae‧kwon‧do

Noun

taekwondo m (definite singular taekwondoen, indefinite plural taekwondoer, definite plural taekwondoene)

1. (martial arts, sports) taekwondo; a Korean martial art and combat sport characterized especially by rapid, high kicks, together with punches, blocks and self-defence techniques

   Hun har svart belte i taekwondo. ― She has a black belt in taekwondo.

   • 2002, Marit Nicolaysen, Svein og rotta gjennom solsystemet, page 24:

     jeg kan ikke i kveld, sa Silje. – Jeg skal på trening. Har begynt på Taekwondo, skjønner du

     “I can't tonight,” said Silje. “I'm going to practice. I've started taekwondo, you see.”

   • 2018 September 28, Bygdanytt, page 14:

     taekwondo er en koreansk kampsport med både hånd- og fotteknikker

     taekwondo is a Korean martial art with both hand and foot techniques

References

• “taekwondo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “taekwondo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• Annette Münch (2024), “taekwondo”, in Store norske leksikon.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo)bor.

English taekwondoubor.

Polish taekwondo

Unadapted borrowing from English taekwondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈkwɔn.dɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔndɔ
• Syllabification: tae‧kwon‧do

Noun

taekwondo n (indeclinable)

1. taekwondo (martial arts form from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques)

Further reading

• “taekwondo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• taekwondo in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tae kwon do

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taj.kwõˈdo/ [taɪ̯.kwõˈdo], /taj.kõˈdo/ [taɪ̯.kõˈdo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tajˈkwõ.du/

Noun

taekwondo m (uncountable)

1. taekwondo (a Korean martial art)

Derived terms

• taekwondista

Further reading

• “taekwondo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “taekwondo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taeˈkwondo/ [t̪a.eˈkwõn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo

Noun

taekwondo m (uncountable)

1. taekwondo (a Korean martial art)

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Derived terms

• taekwondista

Further reading

• “taekwondo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English taekwondo.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ kon˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ koŋ˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ koŋ˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: tây côn đô

Noun

taekwondo

1. taekwondo