원래

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 元/原 (“first, origin”) + 來 (“come, return”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[wʌ̹ɭɭe̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[월래]
Revised Romanization? wollae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? wonlae
McCune–Reischauer? wŏllae
Yale Romanization? wenlay

Adverb

원래 • (wollae) (hanja 元來/原來)

  1. originally
    원래대로 ― wollaedaero ― back (to the previous state)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 遠 (“distant, remote, far”) + 來 (“come”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ˈwɘːɭɭe̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[월:래]
Revised Romanization? wollae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? wonlae
McCune–Reischauer? wŏllae
Yale Romanization? wēnlay

Noun

원래 • (wollae) (hanja 遠來)

  1. a distant origin
Derived terms
  • 원래하다 (遠來하다, wollaehada, “to come from a distant place”)
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