운석

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 隕石 (“meteorite”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈu(ː)nsʰʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [운(ː)석]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?unseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?unseog
McCune–Reischauer?unsŏk
Yale Romanization?wūnsek

Noun

운석 • (unseok) (hanja 隕石)

  1. meteorite
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