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Korean learner dictionary

겉-

geot- · geot-

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 92113
Part of speech: 접사Level: Advanced · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    '겉으로만 보아 대강 한다'는 뜻을 더하는 접두사.

    English: geot- — A prefix used to mean "doing something roughly in a spurious manner."

    Examples

    • 겉가량
    • 겉대중
    • 겉어림
    • 겉짐작
    • 겉잡다
  2. 2.

    ‘실제와 달리 겉으로만 그러하다’의 뜻을 더하는 접두사.

    English: geot- — A prefix used to mean "being such a way only on the outside without internal substance."

    Examples

    • 겉대답
    • 겉멋
    • 겉치레
    • 겉꾸미다
    • 겉늙다
    • 겉마르다
  3. 3.

    ‘어울리거나 섞이지 않고 따로’의 뜻을 더하는 접두사.

    English: geot- — A prefix used to mean "being separate without being able to get along or mix with each other."

    Examples

    • 겉놀다
    • 겉돌다
  4. 4.

    '껍질을 벗기지 않은 채로 그냥'의 뜻을 더하는 접두사.

    English: geot- — A prefix used to mean "being whole with the skin not peeled."

    Examples

    • 겉밤
    • 겉보리
    • 겉수수