정월

Jeju

Alternative forms

  • 징월 (jing'wol)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 正月. From Korean 정월 (jeong'wol).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽t͡ɕəŋwəl⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋwəɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정월]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong'wol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong'wol
Yale Romanization?ceng.wel

Noun

정월 (jeong'wol)

  1. January

Synonyms

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 正月, from 正 (“proper, principal”) + 月 (“month”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong'wol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong'wol
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngwŏl
Yale Romanization?cengwel

Noun

정월 • (jeong'wol) (hanja 正月)

  1. the first month of the traditional Korean calendar, analogous to January on the Gregorian calendar

See also

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