모든

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 모ᄃᆞᆫ〮 (Yale: mwòtón), originally the realis adnominal inflection of the verb 몯다〮 (mwòttá, to gather, to assemble), hence literally "[the] assembled", but never perceived as such by modern speakers.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)dɯn]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?modeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?modeun
McCune–Reischauer?modŭn
Yale Romanization?mōtun

Determiner

모든 • (modeun)

  1. all, every, each
    모든 로마 통한다.
    modeun gir-eun roma-ro tonghanda.
    all roads lead to Rome
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