K-
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "k"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]K-
- Korean; used to denote nouns relating to the (popular) culture of South Korea.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “K-, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2021.
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʰe̞i]
- Phonetic hangul: [케이]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | kei |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | kei |
McCune–Reischauer? | k'ei |
Yale Romanization? | kheyi |
Prefix
[edit]K • (kei)
- Used to refer South Korean things or culture that have become popular abroad, especially by government and media for promotional purposes. Usually attached to English loans.
- (sarcastic, neologism, Internet slang) Used ironically to refer to something undesirable about South Korea. [since 2020]
Categories:
- English clippings
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- English terms with usage examples
- en:South Korea
- Korean terms borrowed from English
- Korean terms derived from English
- Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Korean lemmas
- Korean prefixes
- Korean sarcastic terms
- Korean neologisms
- Korean internet slang
- ko:South Korea
- Korean terms written in foreign scripts