Korean slang profile
메탈포토
metalpoto
Photograph on a metal plate
A photograph etched or printed on a metal plate, such as copper, rather than paper.
- Expanded form
- metal photometal photo
- 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
사진 전시에는 금속판으로 만든 메탈포토도 있었다.
The photo exhibition also included 메탈포토 on metal plates.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “메탈포토”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A name combining metal with photo, meaning a photograph. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
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, 28쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026