How to pronounce Caffeine 카페인
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⚡ Quick answer: Caffeine (카페인) is pronounced "kah-PEH-in", romanized kapein. Meaning: Loanword; the same word Koreans use for coffee's caffeine.
How do you pronounce Caffeine? Here's the Korean — Hangul, romanization and an easy English respelling.
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- Hangul: 카페인
- Romanization: kapein
- Say it like: kah-PEH-in
What Caffeine means
Loanword; the same word Koreans use for coffee's caffeine.
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