이래

Korean

Etymology 1

Contraction of 이러해 (ireohae), infinitive form of 이러하다 (ireohada, “to be like this”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɾɛ] ~ [iɾe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [이래/이레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ilae
McCune–Reischauer?	irae
Yale Romanization?	ilay

Adjective

이래 • (irae) (infinitive of 이렇다)

1. Infinitive of 이렇다 (ireota), thus often "like this."

Etymology 2

Contraction of 이리해 (irihae), infinitive form of 이리하다 (irihada).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɾɛ] ~ [iɾe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [이래/이레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ilae
McCune–Reischauer?	irae
Yale Romanization?	ilay

Verb

이래 • (irae) (infinitive of 이러다)

1. Infinitive of 이러다 (ireoda), thus often "like this" or "acting in this fashion."

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 以來, from 以 (“until”) + 來 (“after”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈi(ː)ɾɛ] ~ [ˈi(ː)ɾe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)래/이(ː)레]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	irae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ilae
McCune–Reischauer?	irae
Yale Romanization?	īlay

Noun

이래 • (irae) (hanja 以來)

1. the time following a certain event, until now or into the future.

   1989년 12월 이래로 ― 1989nyeon 12wol iraero ― since December 1989

2. posterity