Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 討論, from (hitting) + (discussion)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰo̞(ː)ɾo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?toron
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tolon
McCune–Reischauer?t'oron
Yale Romanization?thōlon

Noun

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토론 (toron) (hanja 討論)

  1. debate, controversy

Derived terms

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