외국어 in Korean

IPA: [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: oegugeo [romanization], 外國語 [hanja] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|外國語}}, {{ko-etym-sino|外國||語|suffix=y}} Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=外國語}} 외국어 • (oegugeo) (hanja 外國語)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "外國語"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外國",
        "2": "",
        "3": "語",
        "suffix": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oegugeo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "外國語",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "外國語"
      },
      "expansion": "외국어 • (oegugeo) (hanja 外國語)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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        {
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          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foreign language"
      ],
      "id": "en-외국어-ko-noun-FkZQILzl",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreign language",
          "foreign language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "웨(ː)구거"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "외(ː)구거"
    }
  ],
  "word": "외국어"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "外國語"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外國",
        "2": "",
        "3": "語",
        "suffix": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + 語.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oegugeo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "外國語",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "外國語"
      },
      "expansion": "외국어 • (oegugeo) (hanja 外國語)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean terms suffixed with -어 (語)",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sino-Korean words"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foreign language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreign language",
          "foreign language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "웨(ː)구거"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "외(ː)구거"
    }
  ],
  "word": "외국어"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"외국어" meaning in Korean

Noun