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How to pronounce Collagen 콜라겐

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⚡ Quick answer: Collagen (콜라겐) is pronounced "KOL-lah-gen", romanized kollagen. Meaning: Loanword — note the hard g, unlike English.

How do you pronounce Collagen? Here's the Korean — Hangul, romanization and an easy English respelling.

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Hangul: 콜라겐
Romanization: kollagen
Say it like: KOL-lah-gen

What Collagen means

Loanword — note the hard g, unlike English.

Collagen is a K-beauty ingredient — learning its Korean name and pronunciation is a small step into the Korean language behind K-beauty.

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