회색기러기

Korean

Etymology

Literally "grey goose." From 회색 (灰色, hoesaek, “grey”) + 기러기 (gireogi, “wild goose”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ɸwe̞sʰe̞k̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [hø̞sʰe̞k̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[훼색끼러기/회색끼러기]
Revised Romanization? hoesaekgireogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)? hoesaeggileogi
McCune–Reischauer? hoesaekkirŏgi
Yale Romanization? hoysaykqkileki

Noun

회색기러기 • (hoesaekgireogi) (hanja 灰色기러기)

  1. The greylag goose, Anser anser.

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-07), “회색기러기”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
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