코스프레

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʰo̞sʰɯpʰɯɾe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [코스프레]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?koseupeure
Revised Romanization (translit.)?koseupeule
McCune–Reischauer?k'osŭp'ŭre
Yale Romanization?khosu.phuley

Noun

코스프레 • (koseupeure)

  1. cosplay (subculture centered on dressing as characters)
  2. (figuratively) pretending, faking
    착한 사람 코스프레 ― chakhan saram koseupeure ― nice person cosplay; pretending to be a nice person

Derived terms

  • 일코 (ilko, “hiding the fact that one belongs to an Internet subculture”, literally “ordinary person cosplay”)
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