영원

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 永遠えいえん (“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 永遠えいえん)

1. eternity

   Synonyms: 영구(永久えいきゅう) (yeonggu), 영속(永續えいぞく) (yeongsok)

Derived terms

• 영원(永遠えいえん)토록 (yeong'wontorok)
• 영원(永遠えいえん)하다 (yeong'wonhada)
• 영원(永遠えいえん)히 (yeong'wonhi)
• 영원불멸(永遠えいえん不滅ふめつ) (yeong'wonbulmyeol)
• 영원불변(永遠えいえん不變ふへん) (yeong'wonbulbyeon)
• 영원성(永遠えいえん性せい) (yeong'wonseong)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 蠑螈 (“newt”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ŋwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [영원]

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