픽션

Korean

Etymology

Phonetic borrowing from English fiction.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?piksyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pigsyeon
McCune–Reischauer?p'iksyŏn
Yale Romanization?phik.syen

Noun

픽션 • (piksyeon)

  1. fiction

Derived terms
  • 사이언스 픽션 (saieonseu piksyeon, “science fiction”)
  • 팬 픽션 (paen piksyeon, “fan fiction”)
  • 플래시 픽션 (peullaesi piksyeon, “flash fiction”)
  • 미니픽션 (minipiksyeon, “minifiction”)
  • 메타픽션 (metapiksyeon, “metafiction”)
  • 슬래시 픽션 (seullaesi piksyeon, “slash fiction”)

Usage notes
  • While 픽션 (piksyeon) is typically used when translating specific compound words or phrases from English to Korean, such as "science fiction", 소설(小說) (soseol) is much more commonly used overall to refer to fiction in general.
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