Korean slang profile
아파스텔
apaseutel
Apartment–officetel hybrid housing
Living space combining the functions of an apartment and an officetel.
- Expanded form
- apartment + officetelapartment + officetel
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
주거 공간의 변화를 설명하는 글에서 아파스텔을 소개했다.
An article about changes in housing introduced 아파스텔.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “아파스텔”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A blend combining parts of apartment and officetel. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 42쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026