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English
Wiktionary
Etymology
From Korea -an
Pronunciation
Adjective
Korean (not comparable )
Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea .
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
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 ( kärıs ) , корей ( korei )
Khmer: កូរ៉េ (km) ( kouree )
Korean: 조선 의 ( joseon-ui ) , ( North Korea ) , 한국 의 ( han'gug-ui ) , ( South Korea ) 한 (ko) ( han )
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
Roman: 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 ( kuriyoi )
Tatar: корей ( qorey )
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 (uncountable
( uncountable )
Translations
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
Guaraní: koreañe'ẽ
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 ) , ハングル (ja) ( hanguru ) ( colloquial, proscribed ) , コリアン (ja) ( korian ) ( colloquial )
Kazakh: кәріс тілі ( kärıs tılı ) , кәрісше ( kärısşe ) , корейше ( koreişe )
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 ) , 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
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
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
( countable ) North Korea or South Korea , or a person of Korean descent.
Translations
person
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) ( 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 ( kärıs ) , корей ( korei )
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 )
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 )
Roman: 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 ( kuriyoi )
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
Further reading
Finnish
Proper noun
Korean
genitive singular of Korea
Anagrams
