모태

모태

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母 (“mother”) + 胎 (“embryo”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[mo̞tʰe̞]
• Phonetic Hangul[모태]

Revised Romanization? motae Revised Romanization (translit.)? motae McCune–Reischauer? mot'ae Yale Romanization? mothay

Noun

모태 • (motae) (hanja 母胎)

1. (obsolete) The womb.
2. matrix
   • 그리스-로마 사회는 서양 문명의 모태였다.

     The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.

Synonyms

• 모체 (母體, moche, “mother, parent”)