공룡

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 恐龍, from 恐 (“fearful”) + 龍 (“dragon”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū, “dinosaur”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɲoŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)뇽]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gongnyong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonglyong
McCune–Reischauer?	kongnyong
Yale Romanization?	kōnglyong

Noun

공룡 • (gongnyong) (hanja 恐龍)

1. a dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria)

See also

• 익룡 (翼龍, ingnyong)
• 어룡 (魚龍, eoryong)
• 수장룡 (首長龍, sujangnyong)