염소

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomso
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmso
Yale Romanization?yemso

Etymology 1
염소 (yeomso)

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 염〮쇼〮 (Yale: yémsyó), from 염〮 (Yale: yém, “goat”) + 쇼〮 (Yale: syó, “cow”); the former element is no longer used outside this compound.

Noun

염소 • (yeomso) (counter 마리)

  1. goat (horned domestic animal)
Usage notes
  • In Chinese and Japanese, the word for "goat" is 山羊 (shānyáng)/山羊 (yagi). But in Korean, the equivalent 산양(山羊) (sanyang) usually refers to the unrelated long-tailed goral. The "goat" sense is attested but rare.
Derived terms
  • 들염소 (deuryeomso, “ibex”)
  • 염소띠 (yeomsotti)
  • 염소젖 (yeomsojeot)
  • 염소마마 (yeomsomama)
  • 염소자리 (yeomsojari)
  • 염소웃음 (yeomsouseum)
  • 염소날 (yeomsonal)
  • 하늘염소 (haneuryeomso)
  • 솜털염소 (somteoryeomso)

Etymology 2
Chemical element
Cl
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Sino-Korean word from 鹽素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鹽(えん)素(そ) (enso).

Noun

염소 • (yeomso) (hanja 鹽素)

  1. chlorine
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