어름

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɾɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)름]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eoreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eoleum
McCune–Reischauer?ŏrŭm
Yale Romanization?ēlum

Noun

어름 • (eoreum) (possibly literary)

  1. junction, border; place where multiple things meet
    여름과 가을의 어름 ― yeoreum-gwa ga'eur-ui eoreum ― the border between summer and autumn
  2. (after time) around, approximately
    Synonyms: 정도(程度) (jeongdo), 무렵 (muryeop), 부근(附近) (bugeun)
    새벽 2시 어름에 ― saebyeok 2si eoreum-e ― at around two o'clock at night
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