🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

공연

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gong-yeon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Performance/pərˈfɔːr.məns/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"오늘 밤 음악회 공연이 기대됩니다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

    "The band gave a brilliant live performance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French term 'parformance', stemming from 'parformer' meaning 'to accomplish' or 'to complete', influenced by 'par-' (thoroughly) and 'former' (to form). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from mere completion of a task to the execution of an action, and eventually to artistic execution and mechanical efficiency.

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