공룡

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 恐龍, from 恐 (“fearful”) + 龍 (“dragon”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū, “dinosaur”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɲoŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)뇽]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gongnyong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonglyong
McCune–Reischauer?kongnyong
Yale Romanization?kōnglyong

Noun

공룡 • (gongnyong) (hanja 恐龍)

  1. a dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria)

See also
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