K-drama

English

Alternative forms

• K-Drama, Kdrama, KDrama

Etymology

K- (“Korean”) +‎ drama

Noun

K-drama (countable and uncountable, plural K-dramas)

1. (uncountable) Dramatic television series produced in South Korea.
2. (countable) An individual television series of this genre.
   • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 71:

     I binged the third season of an insipid K-drama whose plot I could, and did, predict aloud as I brushed the cat’s increasingly matted fur.

Synonyms

• Koreanovela (Philippines)

Coordinate terms

television dramas

• J-dorama
• J-drama
• telenovela

 

another country dramas

• C-drama
• J-drama

 

Korean-language entertainment

• K-film
• K-horror
• K-pop
• manhwa

 

Translations

Korean TV drama

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓國電視劇／韩国电视剧 (Hánguó diànshìjù), 韓劇／韩剧 (zh) (hánjù)

• Finnish: korealainen TV-draama
• French: drama coréen m
• Japanese: 韓国ドラマ (Kankoku dorama), 韓ドラ (kan-dora)
• Korean: 한국 드라마 (Han'guk deurama), 한드 (handeu)
• Russian: коре́йский сериа́л m (koréjskij seriál), коре́йская дра́ма f (koréjskaja dráma), К-дра́ма f (K-dráma)
• Spanish: drama coreano m

Anagrams

• Kamdar