Korean slang profile
IBRD
ibrd
World Bank
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 세계은행 (World Bank).
- Expanded form
- 세계은행세계은행 (World Bank)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- May 2, 1998
- 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
옛 기사에는 사업별 차관을 IBRD에 요청했다고 적혀 있다.
The old article says that IBRD was asked for project-specific loans.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “세계은행” with “IBRD”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and English abbreviation in the contemporary article were compared. The full English form and the abbreviation’s first use remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 世銀에 프로젝트 론 요청/4대 공기업 하반기 민영화/기획예산위 (서울신문)Published May 2, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026