Standard Lemma guide

K-drama

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Dramatic television series produced in South Korea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An individual television series of this genre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of K-drama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From K- (“Korean”) + drama.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 韓國電視劇 /韩国电视剧 (Hánguó diànshìjù) — Korean TV drama
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韓劇 /韩剧 (hánjù) — Korean TV drama
  • Finnish: korealainen TV-draama — Korean TV drama
  • French: drama coréen — Korean TV drama
  • Indonesian: drakor — Korean TV drama
  • Japanese: 韓国ドラマ (Kankoku dorama) — Korean TV drama
  • Japanese: 韓ドラ (kan-dora) — Korean TV drama
  • Korean: 한국 드라마 (han'guk deurama) — Korean TV drama
  • Korean: 한드 (handeu) — Korean TV drama
  • Russian: коре́йский сериа́л (koréjskij seriál) — Korean TV drama
  • Russian: коре́йская дра́ма (koréjskaja dráma) — Korean TV drama
  • Russian: К-дра́ма (K-dráma) — Korean TV drama
  • Spanish: drama coreano — Korean TV drama