샤프펜실

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese シャープペンシル (shāpu penshiru), from English via wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from sharp +‎ pencil, the former is a genericized trademark of Sharp from the Sharp Corporation, which was one of the earliest manufacturers of mechanical pencils from Japan.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰa̠pʰɯpʰe̞nɕʰiɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [샤프펜실]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?syapeupensil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?syapeupensil
McCune–Reischauer?syap'ŭp'ensil
Yale Romanization?sya.phu.pheynsil

Noun

샤프펜실 • (syapeupensil)

  1. mechanical pencil (pencil with replaceable lead)
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