극적

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 劇的, from 劇 (“theater”) + 的 (“-ic”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 劇的(げきてき) (gekiteki), itself calqued from European languages.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geukjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geugjeog
McCune–Reischauer?kŭkchŏk
Yale Romanization?kukcek

Noun

극적 • (geukjeok) (hanja 劇的) (attributive)

  1. dramatic (relating to theater)
    극적 아이러니 ― geukjeok aireoni ― dramatic irony
  2. dramatic, striking
    극적인 스토리 ― geukjeogin seutori ― dramatic story
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