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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 母 (“mother”) + 胎 (“embryo”)
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 |
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| Revised Romanization? | motae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | motae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | mot'ae |
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| Yale Romanization? | mō.thay |
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Noun
모태 • (motae) (hanja 母胎)
- (rare) The womb
- matrix
그리스‐로마 사회는 서양 문명의 모태였다.- Geuriseu‐roma sahoe-neun seoyang munmyeong-ui motae-yeotda.
- The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- (colloquial) since birth (used only in compounds)
Synonyms
- 모체 (母體, moche, “mother, parent”)
Derived terms
- 모태신앙 (motaesinang, “religion one is born into”)
- 모태솔로 (motaesollo, “person who has never had a romantic partner”)