선거

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 選擧 (“election”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡʌ̹]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)거]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'geo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongeo
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'gŏ
Yale Romanization?sēnke

Noun

선거 • (seon'geo) (hanja 選擧)

  1. election
  2. any process to select an officer
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