골백

Korean

Etymology

골 (gol, meaning unknown) + 백 (百, baek, “hundred”). The first element may be connected to Old Korean 萬尸 (*KWOl, “ten thousand”), although there is potential for circular reasoning here.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞ɭbɛk̚] ~ [ko̞ɭbe̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [골백/골벡]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?golbaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?golbaeg
McCune–Reischauer?kolbaek
Yale Romanization?kol.payk

Determiner

골백 • (golbaek)

  1. (rare, colloquial) bazillion; a very large number of (found only before 번 (beon, “times”) and 살 (sal, “years of age”))
    골백번도 말했겠다.
    Golbaekbeondo malhaetgetda.
    I must have told you a bazillion times.
    골백살 먹어도 철이 없을 거야.
    Golbaeksal meogeodo cheori eopseul geoya.
    He'd be immature even if he got to be a bazillion years old.
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