가을

Korean

Alternative forms

• (Gangwon, Chungcheong, Pyeongan) 갉 (gak)
• (Hamgyeong) 가슬 (gaseul)
• (Gyeongsang, Jeolla) 가실 (gasil)
• (Gangwon) 가슭 (gaseuk)

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᅀᆞᆶ (Yale: kòzòlh), probably from Old Korean 秋察 (*KOsol, *KOcol) (also written in the alternative form Old Korean 秋察尸). Cognate with Jeju ᄀᆞ슬 (gawseul) & ᄀᆞ을 (gaweul), the first of which preserves the Old Korean /s/.

Perhaps related to ᄀᆞᇫ〯다〮 (Yale: kǒz-tá, “to cut; to sever”), referring to the harvest.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [가을]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ga'eul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ga'eul
McCune–Reischauer?	kaŭl
Yale Romanization?	kaul

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가을의 / 가을에 / 가을까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

가을 • (ga'eul)

1. autumn, fall

   Hypernym: 계절(季節) (gyejeol, “season (of the year)”)

Coordinate terms

Seasons in Korean · 사철 (四철, sacheol), 사계 (四季, sagye, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
봄 (bom, “spring”)	여름 (yeoreum, “summer”)	가을 (ga'eul, “fall; autumn”)	겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”)

Derived terms

• 가을비 (ga'eulbi, “autumn rain”)
• 가을철 (ga'eulcheol, “autumntime”)
• 늦가을 (neutga'eul, “late autumn”)

 

See also

• 秋 (chu), the hanja for "fall"