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Samsung en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (rare)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.

Meanings

1. A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung.
   • He told his friend that the game wasnt available on Samsung phones.
   • When a grandmother from Pittsburgh bought a Samsung, she bought the most reliable microwave oven made. 1990 April 23, Luce, Henry Robinson, Fortune:
   • The advantage of the Hercules card over the EGA is that it can be used with a standard IBM Monochrome Monitor or an inexpensive monochrome monitor such as a Samsung, priced at around $100. 1989, Nace, Ted, Ventura tips & tricks:
2. A consumer electronic device manufactured by the South Korean conglomerate company Samsung. ▸ A phone manufactured by Samsung.
   • Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses. 2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, →ISBN:
   • They are wearing pajamas and shouldering pillows, with iPhones in their left hands and Samsungs in their right hands. 2014, Min Ding, Jie Xu, The Chinese Way, →ISBN, page 337:
3. An Android smartphone.

Forms

Synonyms

Android

Samsung en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (rare)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsæm.sʌŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.

Meanings

1. A South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.
   • The Sonys, Sanyos, and Samsungs of the world — not to mention Chinese upstarts — all have access to the same huge pool of chips, liquid crystal displays, audio pickups, power supplies, and packaging. 2015, Panos Mourdoukoutas, Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, →ISBN, page 29:
   • [Some of] them, potentially, are the Sonys and Samsungs of tomorrow. Some companies try to lure customers to their booths with food: a soft ice cream machine maker plies passersby with free cones, a wine fountain maker touts cups of sour red. 2008, Alexandra Harney, The China Price: The True Cost, →ISBN, page 13:
   • But without its own respected brands, its Toyotas and Samsungs, China will always languish at the lower end of the value chain. 2013, Richard Rosecrance, The Resurgence of the West, →ISBN:
   • Now they are required to be profitable and may find that North Korea is not worth the risk. Perhaps North Korea will need to found its own Hyundais and Samsungs and hire South Koreans as executives and consultants. 2011, Michael Breen, Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated, →ISBN, page 134:

Forms

Deriveds

Smasnug

Translations (41)

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