영원

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 永遠 (“eternity”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [영(ː)원]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeong'won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeong'won
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngwŏn
Yale Romanization?yēngwen

Noun

영원 • (yeong'won) (hanja 永遠)

  1. eternity
    Synonyms: 영구(永久) (yeonggu), 영속(永續) (yeongsok)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 蠑螈 (“newt”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeong'won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeong'won
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngwŏn
Yale Romanization?yengwen

Noun

영원 • (yeong'won) (hanja 蠑螈)

  1. (biology) newt, salamander
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