세계어

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 世界語, from 世界 (“world”) + 語 (“language”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世界語(せかいご) (sekaigo, “international auxiliary language”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞ʌ̹] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ʌ̹]
    • Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)계어/세(ː)게어]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?segyeeo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?segyeeo
    McCune–Reischauer?segyeŏ
    Yale Romanization?sēykyey.e

    Noun

    세계어 • (segyeeo) (hanja 世界語)

    1. international auxiliary language
    2. world language

    Synonyms

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