Korean learner dictionary

겹-

gyeop- · gyeop-

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

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 72352

Part of speech: 접사Level: Advanced · NIKL learner grade

1.
‘면이나 선 등이 포개져 있는’ 또는 ‘비슷한 사물이나 일이 거듭된’의 뜻을 더하는 접두사.
English: gyeop- — A prefix used to mean "the sides, lines, etc., being piled up or similar objects or matters being repeated."
Examples
- 겹꽃
- 겹눈
- 겹닿소리
- 겹도르래
- 겹받침
- 겹사돈