가정
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Korean[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Korean word from 家庭, from 家 (“house”) + 庭 (“household”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [가정]
Romanizations | |
---|---|
Revised Romanization? | gajeong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gajeong |
McCune–Reischauer? | kajŏng |
Yale Romanization? | kaceng |
Noun[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Sino-Korean word from 假定, from 假 (“lie”) + 定 (“specification”), from Japanese 仮定 (katei)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)정]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
---|---|
Revised Romanization? | gajeong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gajeong |
McCune–Reischauer? | kajŏng |
Yale Romanization? | kāceng |
Noun[edit]
- a supposition or presupposition
- a hypothesis
Related terms[edit]
- 가정하다 (gajeonghada, “hypothesize”)
See also[edit]
- 가설 (gaseol, “hypothesis”)