외래어
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 外來語 (“loanword”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɾɛʌ̹] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɾɛʌ̹] ~ [ˈwe̞(ː)ɾe̞ʌ̹] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɾe̞ʌ̹]
- Phonetic hangul: [웨(ː)래어/외(ː)래어/웨(ː)레어/외(ː)레어]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | oeraeeo |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | oelaeeo |
McCune–Reischauer? | oeraeŏ |
Yale Romanization? | ōylay.e |
Noun
외래어 • (oeraeeo) (hanja 外來語)
- (linguistics) loanword (word taken from another language)
- Synonym: 차용어(借用語) (chayong'eo)
- (linguistics, in the context of the Korean language) loanword not from Sino-Korean; non-Chinese loanword
- Coordinate terms: 고유어(固有語) (goyueo, “native Korean word”), 한자어(漢字語) (hanja'eo, “Sino-Korean word”)