노년

Korean

Alternative forms

• 로년 (ronyeon) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 老年 (“old age”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nonyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	nonyŏn
Yale Romanization?	nōnyen

Noun

노년 • (nonyeon) (hanja 老年)

1. old age

Synonyms

• 만년 (晚年, mannyeon)