Korean learner dictionary
-제 meaning and pronunciation
-je · -je
NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.
Entry 1
NIKL target code 88652- 1.
‘제도’ 또는 ‘방법’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
English: -je — A suffix used to mean a system or a method.
Examples
- 격월제
- 계약제
- 공산제
- 공화제
- 과거제
- 가부장제
- Origin
- 制
- Categories
- 사회 제도
Entry 2
NIKL target code 88653- 1.
‘제사’ 또는 ‘축제’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
English: -je — A suffix used to mean a ceremony or a festival.
Examples
- 가요제
- 기우제
- 영화제
- 예술제
- 위령제
- 음악제
- Origin
- 祭
Entry 3
NIKL target code 88655- 1.
‘그것으로 만들어진 것’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
English: -je — A suffix used to mean "a thing that is made out of something."
Examples
- 금속제
- 2.
‘그 나라에서 만든 물건’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
English: -je — A suffix used to mean "an object made in that country."
Examples
- 미국제
- 중국제
- 프랑스제
- 한국제
- Origin
- 製
- Categories
- 경제·경영
Entry 4
NIKL target code 88656- 1.
‘약’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.
English: -je — A suffix used to mean medicine.
Examples
- 각성제
- 강장제
- 안정제
- 강심제
- 건조제
- 광택제
- Origin
- 劑
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