Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 破擦音, from (break) + (rub) + (sound).

Compare 파열음(破裂音) (payeoreum, plosive) and 마찰음(摩擦音) (machareum, fricative).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰa̠(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠ɾɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pachareum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pachal'eum
McCune–Reischauer?p'ach'arŭm
Yale Romanization?phā.chal.um

Noun edit

파찰음 (pachareum) (hanja 破擦音)

  1. (phonetics) affricate