준말

Korean

Etymology

From (jun, past determiner form of 줄다 (julda)) + (mal).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕu(ː)nma̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?junmal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?junmal
McCune–Reischauer?chunmal
Yale Romanization?cwūnmal

Noun

준말 • (junmal)

  1. shortening, abbreviation

Synonyms

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