"K-" meaning in English

See K- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Clipping of Korean. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Korean}} Clipping of Korean Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} K-, {{en-prefix}} K-
  1. Korean; used to form nouns relating to the (popular) culture of South Korea. Tags: morpheme Categories (place): South Korea Derived forms: K-beauty, K-drama, K-film, K-food, K-horror, K-pop, K-rock Coordinate_terms: C- [Chinese], J- [Japanese], T- [Thai], V- (english: Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-K--en-prefix-HIPvJ3gh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 9 3
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Korean.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "South Korea",
          "orig": "en:South Korea",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Asia",
            "Korea",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Asia",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 10 4",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "C-"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Japanese"
          ],
          "word": "J-"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Thai"
          ],
          "word": "T-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Vietnamese",
          "word": "V-"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "K-beauty"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-drama"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-film"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-food"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-horror"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-pop"
        },
        {
          "word": "K-rock"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "K-beauty, K-drama, K-pop",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Korean; used to form nouns relating to the (popular) culture of South Korea."
      ],
      "id": "en-K--en-prefix-HIPvJ3gh",
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        [
          "Korean",
          "Korean"
        ],
        [
          "South Korea",
          "South Korea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "K-"
}
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  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
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      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "C-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "word": "J-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai"
      ],
      "word": "T-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "V-"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "K-beauty"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-drama"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-film"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-food"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-horror"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-pop"
    },
    {
      "word": "K-rock"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Korean"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Korean",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Korean.",
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        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "expansion": "K-",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English clippings",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English prefixes",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages using catfix",
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        {
          "text": "K-beauty, K-drama, K-pop",
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        }
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      ],
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        ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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