🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

고급의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gogeup-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
High-Class/haɪ klæs/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 레스토랑은 고급의 요리로 유명하다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Belonging to a superior social class or of high quality.

    "The restaurant is known for its high-class dining experience."
  2. 2

    Characterized by elegance and sophistication.

    "She wore a high-class gown to the gala."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'high-class' combines 'high', from Old English 'hēah', meaning elevated or superior, and 'class', from Latin 'classis', referring to a group or category. The phrase emerged in the late 19th century to denote social status and quality.

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