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selca

selca noun: a photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.

Noun

selca (plural selcas)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
    • My daughter and her friends take the best selcas and that's even before they use filters.2017, Dinna Chan Vasquez, "Let me take a selfie", BusinessMirror, 19 August 2016, page A10
    • Jimin's selca (selfie) obsession provides ARMY with a wealth of glorious photos.2018, Adrian Besley, BTS: Icons of K-Pop, unnumbered page

Forms of selca

pluralselcas

Origin of selca

Borrowed from Korean 셀카 (selka), from English self + camera.

Questions about selca

What does selca mean?
Selca means a photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
What part of speech is selca?
Selca is a noun.
What is the plural of selca?
The plural of selca is selcas.

Words near selca in the dictionary

  1. Selbornians
  2. Selbourne
  3. selbri
  4. Selby
  5. Selbys
  6. selca
  7. SELCAL
  8. SELCALed
  9. SELCALing
  10. SELCALs
  11. selcas

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