왜기름

Korean

Etymology

왜(倭) (wae, “Japanese”) +‎ 기름 (gireum, “oil”), because petroleum was first introduced during Japanese colonial rule (1910—1945).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [wɛɡiɾɯm] ~ [we̞ɡiɾɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [왜기름/웨기름]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?waegireum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?waegileum
McCune–Reischauer?waegirŭm
Yale Romanization?waykilum

Noun

왜기름 • (waegireum) (hanja 倭기름)

  1. (regional, archaic) petroleum
    Synonym: 석유(石油) (seogyu)

Alternative forms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.