대통령

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大統領 (“president”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) (daitōryō).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)tʰo̞ŋɲʌ̹ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)tʰo̞ŋɲʌ̹ŋ]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)통녕/데(ː)통녕]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daetongnyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daetonglyeong
McCune–Reischauer?taet'ongnyŏng
Yale Romanization?tāy.thonglyeng
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 대통령의 / 대통령에 / 대통령까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second and third syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

대통령 • (daetongnyeong) (hanja 大統領)

  1. president of a country
    그래, 대통령은 국민들에 의해 선출된 한 국가의 수장이야.
    Geurae, daetongnyeong-eun gungmin-deur-e ui-hae seonchul-doen han gukga-ui sujang-iya.
    Yes, the president is the head of a country elected by the people.

Derived terms
  • 대통령령(大統領令) (daetongnyeongnyeong, “presidential decree”)

See also

References
  1. Chae-un Yi (이재운), Ttŭt to morŭgo chaju ssŭnŭn uri mal ŏwŏn 500-kaji (뜻도 모르고 자주 쓰는 우리말 어원 500가지), 2008, →ISBN
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