Meanings
adjectiveKorean (comparative more Korean, superlative most Korean)
comparative more Korean · superlative most Korean · alternative obsolete Corean
- Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.
The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors.
2013 July 18, Claire Lee, “Popular TV drama revisited onstage”, in The Korea Herald - Of or relating to the Korean language.
proper noun
alternative obsolete Corean
- The official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
nounKorean (plural Koreans)
plural Koreans · alternative obsolete Corean
- A member of an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula.
All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system
2023 June 26, Jun Ji-hye, “Korea's age system to change from Wednesday”, in The Korea Times, archived from the original on 09 Oct 20241 more example
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.
1995, K. Connie Kang, Home Was the Land of Morning Calm, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كُورِيّ, كُورِيّ
- كُورِيّ (kōriyy)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- كُورِيّ (kōriyy)Korean language
- كُورِيَّة (kōriyya)Korean language
- كُورِيّ (kōriyy)person from Korea
- كُورِيَّة (kōriyya)person from Korea
Basque korear, koreera
- korearrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreeraKorean language
- korearperson from Korea
Bengali কোরীয়
- কোরীয় (kōriẏo)relating to the Korean Peninsula
Bulgarian коре́йски, коре́йски
- коре́йски (koréjski)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- коре́йски (koréjski)Korean language
- коре́ец (koréec)person from Korea
- коре́йка (koréjka)person from Korea
Catalan coreà, coreà
- coreàrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coreàKorean language
- coreàperson from Korea
- coreanaperson from Korea
Chinese Cantonese 韓文 /韩文, 韓國人 /韩国人
- 韓文 /韩文Korean language
- 韓國人 /韩国人 (hon⁴ gwok³ jan⁴)person from Korea
Chinese Mandarin 朝鮮的 /朝鲜的, 韓國的 /韩国的
- 朝鮮的 /朝鲜的 (Cháoxiǎn de)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 韓國的 /韩国的 (Hánguó de)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 韓語 /韩语 (hányǔ)Korean language
- 韓文 /韩文 (hánwén)Korean language
- 朝鮮語 /朝鲜语 (cháoxiǎnyǔ)Korean language
- 韓國人 /韩国人 (hánguórén)person from Korea
- 朝鮮人 /朝鲜人 (cháoxiānrén)person from Korea
Czech korejský, korejština
- korejskýrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korejštinaKorean language
- Korejecperson from Korea
- Korejkaperson from Korea
Danish koreansk, koreanskt
- koreanskrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreansktrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Koreanerperson from Korea
Dutch Koreaans, Koreaanse
- Koreaansrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Koreaanserelating to the Korean Peninsula
- KoreaansKorean language
- Koreaanperson from Korea
- Koreaanseperson from Korea
Esperanto Koreana
- KoreanaKorean language
Estonian korea, korea keel
- korearelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korea keelKorean language
- korealaneperson from Korea
Finnish korealainen, korea
- korealainenrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreaKorean language
- korean kieliKorean language
- korealainenperson from Korea
French coréen, coréen
- coréenrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coréenKorean language
- Coréenperson from Korea
- Coréenneperson from Korea
German koreanisch, Koreanisch
- koreanischrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- KoreanischKorean language
- Koreanerperson from Korea
- Koreanerinperson from Korea
Greek κορεατικός, κορεατικά
- κορεατικός (koreatikós)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- κορεατικά (koreatiká)Korean language
- Κορεάτης (Koreátis)person from Korea
- Κορεάτισσα (Koreátissa)person from Korea
Hawaiian Kōlea, Kōlea
- Kōlearelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Kōleaperson from Korea
Hebrew קוריאנית
- קוריאניתKorean language
Hindi कोरियाई, कोरियाई
- कोरियाई (koriyāī)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- कोरियाई (koriyāī)Korean language
- कोरियाई (koriyāī)person from Korea
Hungarian koreai, koreai
- koreairelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreaiKorean language
- koreaiperson from Korea
Icelandic kóreskur, kóreska
- kóreskurrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- kóreskaKorean language
- Kóreumaðurperson from Korea
Indonesian Korea, bahasa Korea
- Korearelating to the Korean Peninsula
- bahasa KoreaKorean language
- orang Koreaperson from Korea
Irish Cóiréach, Cóiréis
- Cóiréachrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- CóiréisKorean language
- Cóiréachperson from Korea
Italian coreano, coreano
- coreanorelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coreanoKorean language
- coreanoperson from Korea
- coreanaperson from Korea
Japanese 韓国の, 朝鮮の
- 韓国の (Kankoku no)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 朝鮮の (Chōsen no)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 韓国語 (kankokugo)Korean language
- 朝鮮語 (chōsengo)Korean language
- ハングル (hanguru)Korean language
- コリアン (korian)Korean language
- 朝鮮人 (chōsenjin)person from Korea
- 韓国人 (kankokujin)person from Korea
- コリアン (korian)person from Korea
Korean 조선의, 한국의
- 조선의 (Joseon-ui)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 한국의 (Han'gug-ui)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- 조선어 (joseoneo)Korean language
- 한국어 (han'gugeo)Korean language
- 한국말 (han'gungmal)Korean language
- 국어 (gugeo)Korean language
- 우리말 (urimal)Korean language
- 한글 (han'geul)Korean language
- 조선인 (joseonin)person from Korea
- 조선 사람 (joseon saram)person from Korea
- 한국인 (han'gugin)person from Korea
- 한국 사람 (han'guk saram)person from Korea
- 우리나라 사람 (urinara saram)person from Korea
Latvian korejiešu, korejisks
- korejiešurelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korejisksrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korejiešu valodaKorean language
- korejietisperson from Korea
- korejieteperson from Korea
Lithuanian korėjiečių, korėjietiškas
- korėjiečiųrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korėjietiškasrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- korėjiečių kalbaKorean language
- korėjietisperson from Korea
- korėjietėperson from Korea
Malay Korea, bahasa Korea
- Korearelating to the Korean Peninsula
- bahasa KoreaKorean language
- orang Koreaperson from Korea
Norwegian Bokmål koreansk, koreansk
- koreanskrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreanskKorean language
- koreanerperson from Korea
Persian کرهای, کرهای
- کرهای (kore-yi)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- کرهای (kore-'i)Korean language
- کرهای (kore-'i)person from Korea
Polish koreański, koreański
- koreańskirelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreańskiKorean language
- Koreańczykperson from Korea
- Koreankaperson from Korea
Portuguese coreano, coreano
- coreanorelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coreanoKorean language
- coreanoperson from Korea
- coreanaperson from Korea
Romanian coreean, coreeană
- coreeanrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coreeanăKorean language
- coreeanperson from Korea
- coreeanăperson from Korea
- coreeancăperson from Korea
Russian коре́йский, коре́йский язы́к
- коре́йский (koréjskij)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- коре́йский язы́к (koréjskij jazýk)Korean language
- коре́йский (koréjskij)Korean language
- коре́ец (koréjec)person from Korea
- корея́нка (korejánka)person from Korea
Slovak kórejský, kórejčina
- kórejskýrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- kórejčinaKorean language
- Kórejčanperson from Korea
- Kórejčankaperson from Korea
Spanish coreano, coreano
- coreanorelating to the Korean Peninsula
- coreanoKorean language
- coreanoperson from Korea
- coreanaperson from Korea
Swahili ya Korea, Kikorea
- ya Korearelating to the Korean Peninsula
- KikoreaKorean language
- Mkoreaperson from Korea
Swedish koreansk, koreanska
- koreanskrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- koreanskaKorean language
- koreanperson from Korea
- koreanskaperson from Korea
Tagalog Korean, Koreano
- Koreanrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Koreanorelating to the Korean Peninsula
- KoreanoKorean language
- KoreanKorean language
- Koreanoperson from Korea
- Koreanaperson from Korea
- Koreanperson from Korea
Thai เกาหลี, ภาษาเกาหลี
- เกาหลี (gao-lǐi)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- ภาษาเกาหลี (paa-sǎa gao-lǐi)Korean language
Turkish Kore, Koreli
- Korerelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Korelirelating to the Korean Peninsula
- KoreceKorean language
- Koreliperson from Korea
Ukrainian коре́йський, коре́йська мо́ва
- коре́йський (koréjsʹkyj)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- коре́йська мо́ва (koréjsʹka móva)Korean language
- коре́йська (koréjsʹka)Korean language
- коре́єць (koréjecʹ)person from Korea
- корея́нка (korejánka)person from Korea
Urdu کوریائی
- کوریائی (koriyā'ī)relating to the Korean Peninsula
Vietnamese Triều Tiên, Hàn Quốc
- Triều Tiênrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- Hàn Quốcrelating to the Korean Peninsula
- tiếng Hàn QuốcKorean language
- tiếng Triều TiênKorean language
- người Triều Tiênperson from Korea
- người Hàn Quốcperson from Korea
- người Hànperson from Korea
Yiddish קאָרעיש, קאָרעאיש
- קאָרעיש (koreysh)relating to the Korean Peninsula
- קאָרעאיש (koreish)Korean language
- קאָרעער (koreer)person from Korea
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Korean
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Cite this entry
APA
Korean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korean
MLA
“Korean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Korean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korean.
Source: Korean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.