Korean edit

Etymology edit

세련(洗練) (seryeon) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹ndwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹ndø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seryeondoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?selyeondoeda
McCune–Reischauer?seryŏndoeda
Yale Romanization?sēylyentoyta

Adjective edit

세련되다 (seryeondoeda) (infinitive 세련돼 or 세련되어, sequential 세련되니)

  1. (to be) refined; sophisticated

Conjugation edit