솔크

Korean

Etymology

Clipping of 솔로 (sollo, “without a romantic partner”) + 크리스마스 (keuriseumaseu, “Christmas”), from English solo + Christmas. Christmas is considered a romantic holiday in South Korea.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈o̞ɭkxɯ]
• Phonetic hangul: [쏠크]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	solkeu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	solkeu
McCune–Reischauer?	ssolk'ŭ
Yale Romanization?	qsol.khu

Noun

솔크 • (solkeu)

1. (neologism, slang) Christmas without a romantic partner [from c. 2010]