Korean slang profile
가탤맨
gataelmaen
A singer who also acts
Someone who works as a singer and also acts in dramas or similar productions.
- Expanded form
- 가수 + 탤런트 + 맨가수 (singer) + 탤런트 (actor) + 맨 (person)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
노래와 연기를 함께 하는 가탤맨의 무대를 봤다.
I watched a 가탤맨 perform both singing and acting.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “가탤맨” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection presents a coinage combining elements of singer and actor and describes a singer-actor. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026