비주얼 노벨

Korean

Alternative forms

• 비주얼노벨 (bijueollobel) — spelling without spacing

Etymology

From Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuaru noberu), ultimately from English visual + novel, but re-anglicized in Korean. Compare 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel, “light novel”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pid͡ʑuʌ̹ɭ no̞be̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [비주얼 노벨]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bijueol nobel
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bijueol nobel
McCune–Reischauer?	pijuŏl nobel
Yale Romanization?	picwuel nopeyl

Noun

비주얼 노벨 • (bijueol nobel)

1. visual novel (mainly Japanese genre of interactive fiction)