English

Noun

Korean (Koreans )

1. Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million peoples, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
2. Designation given to the indigenous or naturalized people occupying the Korean Peninsula on the Asian continent, in either North Korea or South Korea.

Alternate spellings

• Corean

Translations

• Chinese: 韓語 (hán yǔ), 朝鮮語 (cháoxiān yǔ) (1), 韓人 (hán rén), 朝鮮人 (cháoxiān rén) (2)

  Koreaan m (1), Koreaanse f (1), Koreaans n (2)

• Esperanto: Koreano m (1), Koreanino f (1)
• Finnish: korea (1), korean kieli (1), korealainen (2)
• French: coréen m (1); Coréen m, Coréenne f (2)
• German: Koreanisch (1), Koreaner m (2), Koreanerin f (2)
• Greek: Κορεατικά (koreatika), Κορεάτης (2)
• Indonesian: bahasa Korea (1), orang Korea (2)
• Italian: coreano (1, 2)
• Japanese: 韓国語 (かんこくご, kankoku-go)(1,South), 朝鮮語 (ちょうせんご, chōsen-go)(1, North or academic); 韓国人 (かんこくじん, kankoku-jin) (2, South)
• Korean:
  • North Korea: 조선어 (朝鮮語 , Chosŏnŏ) (1), 조선사인 (朝鮮人 , Chosŏnin) (2), 조선 사람 (朝鮮 , Chosŏn saram)) (2 colloquial)
  • South Korea: 한국어 (韓國語 , Hangugeo) (1), 한국인 (韓國人 , Hangugin) (2), 한국 사람 (韓國 —; Hanguk saram)) (2 colloquial)
• Malay: bahasa Korea (1), orang Korea (2)
• Portuguese: korean m & f (?)
• Polish: koreański (1), koreańczyk m & koreanka f(2)
• Russian: корейский (koreyskiy)
• Spanish: coreano m, coreana f
• Swedish: koreanska (1, 2 f), korean (2 m)

See also

Wikipedia article on the Korean language

Adjective

Korean

1. Referring to the Korean Peninsula on the Asian continent, in either North Korea or South Korea.

Translations

• Arabic: كوري
• Dutch: Koreaans , Koreaanse
• Finnish: korealainen
• French: coréen m, coréenne f
• German: koreanisch
• Indonesian: Korea
• Italian: coreano
• Korean:
  • North Korea: 조선 (의) (朝鮮 (의), Chosŏn(ŭi)); 조 - (朝-, Cho-) (?)
  • South Korea: 한국 (의) (韓國 (의), Hanguk (Hangugeui)); 한- (韓-, Han-)
• Malay: Korea
• Swedish: koreansk , koreanska (plural and definite form)

External links

• Korean - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.