모든

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 모ᄃᆞᆫ〮 (Yale: mwòtón), originally the realis adnominal inflection of the verb 몯다〮 (mwòttá, “to gather, to assemble”), hence literally "[the] assembled", but never perceived as such by modern speakers.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	modeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	modeun
McCune–Reischauer^?	modŭn
Yale Romanization^?	mōtun

Determiner

모든 • (modeun)

all, every, each
모든 길 은 로마 로 통한다.
modeun gir-eun roma-ro tonghanda.
all roads lead to Rome

Related terms

모두 (modu, “wholly”)