가정

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 家庭, from 家 (“house”) + 庭 (“household”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?kajŏng
Yale Romanization?kaceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 家庭)

  1. a household, a family

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 假定, from 假 (“lie”) + 定 (“specification”), from Japanese 仮定 (katei)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?kajŏng
Yale Romanization?kāceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 假定)

  1. a supposition or presupposition
  2. a hypothesis
Related terms
See also
  • 가설 (gaseol, “hypothesis”)
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