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
Revised Romanization?	oeraeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	oelaeeo
McCune–Reischauer?	oeraeŏ
Yale Romanization?	ōylay.e

Noun

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”)