윤년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 閏年, from 閏 (“intercalary”) + 年 (“year”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈju(ː)nɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [윤(ː)년]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yunnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yunnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?yunnyŏn
Yale Romanization?yūnnyen

Noun

윤년 • (yunnyeon) (hanja 閏年)

  1. leap year
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