이래

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Korean

Etymology 1

Contraction of 이러해 (ireohae), infinitive form of 이러하다 (ireohada, “to be like this”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilae
McCune–Reischauer?irae
Yale Romanization?ilay

Adjective

이래 • (irae) (infinitive of 이렇다)

  1. Infinitive of 이렇다 (ireota), thus often "like this."

Etymology 2

Contraction of 이리해 (irihae), infinitive form of 이리하다 (irihada).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilae
McCune–Reischauer?irae
Yale Romanization?ilay

Verb

이래 • (irae) (infinitive of 이러다)

  1. Infinitive of 이러다 (ireoda), thus often "like this" or "acting in this fashion."

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 以來, from 以 (“until”) + 來 (“after”).

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?irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilae
McCune–Reischauer?irae
Yale Romanization?īlay

Noun

이래 • (irae) (hanja 以來)

  1. the time following a certain event, until now or into the future.
    1989년 12월 이래로 ― 1989nyeon 12wol iraero ― since December 1989
  2. posterity
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