선물

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Korean

선물 (seonmul, “gifts”).

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 膳物, from 膳 (“gift”) + 物 (“thing”).

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?seonmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonmul
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnmul
Yale Romanization?sēnmul

Noun

선물 • (seonmul) (hanja 膳物)

  1. gift; present
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 先物.

Noun

선물 • (seonmul) (hanja 先物)

  1. (finance) futures
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