토론

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 討論, from 討 (“hitting”) + 論 (“discussion”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰo̞(ː)ɾo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [토(ː)론]
    • 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

토론 • (toron) (hanja 討論)

  1. debate, controversy

Derived terms
  • 토론되다 (torondoeda, “to be debated”)
  • 토론하다 (toronhada, “to debate”)
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