겨울

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 겨스 (gyeoseu) (obsolete)
  • 겨슬 (gyeoseul) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • 겨올 (gyeool) (obsolete)
  • 겨으 (gyeo-eu) (obsolete)
  • 겨을 (gyeo-eul) (obsolete)

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[kjʌ̹uɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[겨울]
Revised Romanization? gyeoul
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gyeoul
McCune–Reischauer? kyŏul
Yale Romanization? kyewul

Noun

겨울 • (gyeoul)

  1. winter

Derived terms

  • 겨우내 (gyeounae, “all winter long”)
  • 겨우살이 (gyeousari, “preparation for winter months”)
  • 겨울날 (gyeoullal, “winter day”)
  • 겨울새 (gyeoulsae, “winter bird”)
  • 겨울잠 (gyeouljam, “winter sleep, hibernation”)
  • 겨울철 (gyeoulcheol, “winter season”)
  • 겨울털 (gyeoulteol, “winter fur”)
  • 겨우 (gyeou, “barely, with difficulty”)
  • 결 (gyeol, “wave; annual ring, texture; verge”)
  • 결 (結, gyeol, “forming, binding”)
    • 결빙 (結氷, gyeolbing, “freezing”)
    • 동결 (凍結, donggyeol, “freezing”)

See also

  • 동 (冬, dong) (used in compounds)
Seasons in Korean · 사철 (sacheol), 사계 (sagye, “four seasons”) (layout · text)
봄 (bom, “spring”) 여름 (yeoreum, “summer”) 가을 (ga-eul, “fall; autumn”) 겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”)
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