Korean

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Etymology

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영원(永遠) (yeong'won, forever, eternity) +‎ 성(性) (-seong, -ness/-ity)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹ns͈ʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeong'wonseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeong'wonseong
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngwŏnssŏng
Yale Romanization?yēngwenqseng

Noun

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영원성 (yeong'wonseong) (hanja 永遠性)

  1. eternality, foreverness, foreverhood