소설

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Korean

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Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?soseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?soseol
McCune–Reischauer?sosŏl
Yale Romanization?sōsel

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 小說, from (trivial) + (words).

Noun

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소설 (soseol) (hanja 小說)

  1. fictional literature; fictional story
    Hypernym: 문학(文學) (munhak, literature)
    Coordinate terms: 시(詩) (si, poetry), 수필(隨筆) (supil, literary essay)
    소설 읽음으로써 사람 잠시 현실로부터 벗어날 있다.
    Soseor-eul ilgeum-eurosseo saram-deur-eun jamsi hyeonsil-lobuteo beoseonal su itda.
    By reading fiction, people can escape from reality for a while.
Hyponyms
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Use of these terms is slightly technical. Koreans will usually say 소설(小說) (soseol) where an English speaker would use the more specific term novel.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 小雪.

Proper noun

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소설 (Soseol) (hanja 小雪)

  1. one of the twenty-four solar terms
See also
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