호열자

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Korean

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 虎列刺, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 虎列剌(コレラ) (korera), but misread ( (ral)) as ( (ja)).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷo̞(ː)jʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hoyeolja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hoyeolja
McCune–Reischauer?hoyŏlcha
Yale Romanization?hō.yelqca

Noun

[edit]
South Korean
Standard Language
호열자(虎列刺) (hoyeolja)
North Korean
Standard Language
호렬자(虎列刺) (horyeolja)

호열자 (hoyeolja) (hanja 虎列刺)

  1. (dated) Synonym of 콜레라 (kollera, (medicine) cholera)