Korean

Noun CEFR B1

kəˈɹi.ən

Definitions

Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
uncountable
A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.
countable

Equivalents

Españolcoreana coreano

Françaiscoréen Coréenne

DeutschKoreaner Koreanerin Koreanisch

44 more languages

العربيةكوري كورية

Azərbaycan diliKoreya koreyalı

Българскикорейски

Bosanskikore Korejac Корејацкорејски

CatalàCorea coreana

ČeštinaKorejec Korejka korejština

ΕλληνικάΚορεάτης κορεατικά Κορεάτισσα

Eestikorea keel

فارسیکُرِهای

SuomiKorea korealainen korean kieli

GaeilgeCóiréach Cóiréis

Galegocoreana coreano

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiKōlea

עבריתקוריאנית

हिन्दीकोरियन कोरियाई

Hrvatskikore Korejac Корејацкорејски

Magyarkoreai

Հայերենկորեացի կորեերեն

Íslenskakóreska Kóreumaður

Italianocoreana coreano

日本語コリアンハングル朝鮮人朝鮮語韓韓国人韓国語韓民族鮮人

ქართულიკორეელი კორეული

Қазақ тілікәріс кәріс тілі кәрісшекорей

한국어국어 우리나라 사람 우리말조선 사람 조선어 조선인 조센징 한국 사람 한국말 한국어 한국인 한글 한인

KurdîKore

Latviešukorejiešu valoda korejiete korejietis

МакедонскиКореец Корејка корејски

МонголСолонгос

NederlandsKoreaan Koreaans Koreaanse

PolskiKoreańczyk Koreanka koreański

Portuguêscoreana coreano

Românăcoreean coreeană coreeancă

Русскийкоре́ец корейский коре́йский язы́ккорея́нка

Slovenčinakórejčina

Српскиkore Korejac Корејацкорејски

Svenskakorean koreanska

KiswahiliKikorea Mkorea

ไทยเกาหลี

TagalogKoreana Koreano

TürkçeKore Korece Koreli

Українськакореєць кореянка

Tiếng Việttiếng Hàn Quốc tiếng Triều Tiên

Examples

“The legacy of the Korean independence movement remains today: nearly two million ethnic Koreans live ⟳ in China, half of them in the Yenpien Korean Autonomous District in southeast Manchuria.”

“All Koreans to become ⟳ one or even two years younger under int'l system”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Korean age Korean barbecue Korean BBQ Korean chess Korean chestnut Korean crevice salamander

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