염소

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹msʰo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [염소]

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)

goat (horned domestic animal)

Usage notes

In Chinese and Japanese, the word for "goat" is 山羊. 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”)

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)

chlorine

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