모음

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 母音, from 母 (“mother”) + 音 (“sound”), Japanese 母音 (boin)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)음]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mo'eum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mo'eum
McCune–Reischauer?moŭm
Yale Romanization?mōum

Noun

모음 • (mo'eum) (hanja 母音)

  1. (phonetics) vowel
    Synonyms: 홀소리 (holsori), 모운(母韻) (moun)
Derived terms
  • 반모음 (banmo'eum, “semivowel”)
  • 자음 (ja'eum, “consonant”)

Etymology 2

Nominalization of 모으다 (mo'euda).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mo'eum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mo'eum
McCune–Reischauer?moŭm
Yale Romanization?moum

Noun

모음 • (mo'eum)

  1. collection
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