Basic Korean Dictionary () is an
online
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learner's dictionary
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of the
Korean language
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, launched on 5 October 2016 by the
National Institute of Korean Language
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The institute was originally ...
.
It consists of one
monolingual
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and ten
bilingual dictionaries
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that provide meanings of Korean words and expressions in Korean,
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Arabic
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,
French,
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
,
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
,
Mongolian,
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
,
Thai
Thai or THAI may refer to:
* Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia
** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
*** Thai script
*** Thai (Unicode block ...
, and
Vietnamese
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* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
.
Multilingual support
* Korean: Basic Korean dictionary
* Korean–English: Korean–English Learners' Dictionary
* Korean–Arabic:
* Korean–French:
* Korean–Indonesian:
* Korean–Japanese:
* Korean–Mongolian:
* Korean–Russian:
* Korean–Spanish:
* Korean–Thai:
* Korean–Vietnamese:
See also
*
Standard Korean Language Dictionary
''Standard Korean Language Dictionary'' () is a dictionary of the Korean language, published by the National Institute of Korean Language.
History
The compilation of Standard Korean Language Dictionary was commenced on 1 January 1992, by The ...
References
External links
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Korean dictionaries
Online dictionaries
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