폐렴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 肺炎, from 肺 (“lung”) + 炎 (“inflammation”).

염 (炎, yeom) is read irregularly as 렴 (ryeom).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰje̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹m] ~ [ˈpʰe̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [폐(ː)렴/페(ː)렴]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pyeryeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyelyeom
McCune–Reischauer?p'yeryŏm
Yale Romanization?phyēylyem

Noun

폐렴 • (pyeryeom) (hanja 肺炎)

  1. (pathology) pneumonia
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