세계어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 世界語, from 世界 (“world”) + 語 (“language”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世界語(せかいご) (sekaigo, “international auxiliary language”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞ʌ̹] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)계어/세(ː)게어]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?segyeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?segyeeo
McCune–Reischauer?segyeŏ
Yale Romanization?sēykyey.e

Noun

세계어 • (segyeeo) (hanja 世界語)

  1. international auxiliary language
  2. world language

Synonyms
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