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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 골 (Yale: kwol).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | kkol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | kkol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kkol |
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| Yale Romanization? | kkol |
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Noun
꼴 • (kkol)
- (rare) the shape or appearance of a thing
- (derogatory) the condition or state of someone or something
- fodder, grass
- Synonyms: 먹이 (meogi), 사료(飼料) (saryo)
Derived terms
- 세모꼴 (semokkol, “triangle”)
- 네모꼴 (nemokkol, “quadrangle”)
- 글꼴 (geulkkol, “font”)
- 꼴불견(不見) (kkolbulgyeon, “something disgusting or indecent”)
- 꼴꼴 (kkolkkol, “trickling, gurgling, rippling, flowing”)
- 꼴찌 (kkoljji, “worst, last, bottom”)
- 젖꼴만들기 (jeotkkolmandeulgi, “mammoplasty”)
- 활꼴 (hwalkkol, “circular segment”)
- 꼴사납다 (kkolsanapda, “ugly, unsightful, unseemly”)
- 몰골 (molgol, “a shabby or repulsive appearance”)
- 눈꼴사납다 (nunkkolsanapda, “unsightly, unseemly, offensive to the eye”)