Korean

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Etymology

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오염(汚染) (oyeom, contamination) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈo̞(ː)jʌ̹mdwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈo̞(ː)jʌ̹mdø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oyeomdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oyeomdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?oyŏmdoeda
Yale Romanization?ō.yemtoyta

Verb

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오염되다 (oyeomdoeda) (infinitive 오염돼 or 오염되어, sequential 오염되니)

  1. (intransitive) to be contaminated

Conjugation

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