Korean

Noun

보름 • ‎(boreum)

1. fifteen days, half month, fortnight
2. Short for 보름날 ‎(boreumnal, “fifteenth day of the lunar month”).

Synonyms

• 만월 (滿月, manwol)
• 망 (望, mang)

Antonyms

• 초승 (初—, choseung, “the first (day) of the lunar month, new moon”)
• 그믐 (geumeum, “the last (day) of the lunar month”)

Derived terms

• 보름날 (boreumnal, “the 15th day of the lunar month”)
• 보름달 (boreumdal, “full moon”)
• 보름밤 (boreumbam, “full-moon night”)

See also

• 한사리 (hansari, “spring tide, springs”)
• 조금 (jogeum, “neap tide, neaps”)