모태

Korean edit

Sino-Korean word from 母 (“mother”) + 胎 (“embryo”)

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)tʰɛ] ~ [ˈmo̞(ː)tʰe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)태/모(ː)테]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	motae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	motae
McCune–Reischauer^?	mot'ae
Yale Romanization^?	mō.thay

모태 • (motae) (hanja 母胎)

(rare) The womb
matrix
그리스‐로마 사회는 서양 문명의 모태였다.
Geuriseu‐roma sahoe-neun seoyang munmyeong-ui motae-yeotda.
The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
(colloquial) since birth (used only in compounds)