jungseong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 중성 (jungseong, “medial sound”).

Noun

jungseong (plural jungseongs)

1. (orthography) (in Korean or the Hangeul script) a vowel or diphthong in the syllable nucleus

   Coordinate terms: choseong, jongseong

   • 2018 March 7, Taebum Kim, Korean-English Dictionary 17000: 17,000 Words for Learning Korean, Core Voca, page 2:

     […] and one vowel called the medial (jungseong; syllable nucleus).