얼음

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 어름〮 (Yale: èlúm). Equivalent to 얼 (eol, “to freeze”) +‎ 음 (-eum, verbal noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eoreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eol'eum
McCune–Reischauer?ŏrŭm
Yale Romanization?el.um
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 얼음의 / 얼음에 / 얼음까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

얼음 • (eoreum)

  1. ice
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