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jeon

/dʒʌn/

jeon noun: a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea. Also the alternative spelling of jun.

jeon: a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea
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Noun

jeon (plural jeon or jeons)

  1. A fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea
    • I had never noticed jeon in my youth, not like I do now. Maybe because they were always there, at every party, holiday, Tuesday night dinner.2026 February 18, Eric Kim, “Jeon Is a Korean Favorite for a Reason. Here’s Why.”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Proper noun capitalized: Jeon

Jeon (plural Jeons)

  1. A surname from Korean.
    • "That adds up really quickly," said Dylan Jeon, senior director of government relations with the National Retail Federation […] "We first heard about the issue in late August, early September," Mr Jeon said. "It's really impacting any business that deals with cash payments."2025 October 31, Sakshi Venkatraman, “Businesses are running out of pennies in the US”, in BBC

Also used as

jeon is also the alternative spelling of jun.

Forms of jeon

Noun
pluraljeon
pluraljeons
alternative formjun
Proper noun
pluralJeons
alternative formChun

Plural of jeon: jeon or jeons

Origin of jeon

Borrowed from Korean 전(煎) (jeon).

Borrowed from Korean 전(錢) (jeon).

Borrowed from Korean 전 (jeon), derived from 全 or 田.

Words formed from jeon

  • kimchee jeon

Questions about jeon

What does jeon mean?
Jeon means a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea.
What part of speech is jeon?
Jeon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jeon?
Jeon is pronounced /dʒʌn/.
What is the plural of jeon?
The plural of jeon is jeon.

Words near jeon in the dictionary

  1. Jeoffery
  2. Jeoffrey
  3. Jeogla
  4. jeogori
  5. Jeolla
  6. jeon
  7. Jeonbuk
  8. Jeong
  9. Jeongdongjin
  10. Jeongs
  11. Jeonju

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