노년

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 로년 (ronyeon) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 老年 (“old age”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)ɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [노(ː)년]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nonyeon
McCune–Reischauer?nonyŏn
Yale Romanization?nōnyen

Noun

노년 • (nonyeon) (hanja 老年)

  1. old age

Synonyms
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