외래어

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 外來語 (loanword)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɾɛʌ̹] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɾɛʌ̹] ~ [ˈwe̞(ː)ɾe̞ʌ̹] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɾe̞ʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)/(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oeraeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oelaeeo
McCune–Reischauer?oeraeŏ
Yale Romanization?ōylay.e

Noun

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외래어 (oeraeeo) (hanja 外來語)

  1. (linguistics) loanword (word taken from another language)
    Synonym: 차용어(借用語) (chayong'eo)
  2. (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)