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jungseong

jungseong noun: (in Korean or the hangul script) a vowel or diphthong in the syllable nucleus.

Noun

jungseong (plural jungseongs)

  1. (in Korean or the hangul script) a vowel or diphthong in the syllable nucleus
    • […] and one vowel called the medial (jungseong; syllable nucleus).2018 March 7, Taebum Kim, Korean-English Dictionary 17000: 17,000 Words for Learning Korean, Core Voca, page 2

Forms of jungseong

pluraljungseongs

Origin of jungseong

Borrowed from Korean 중성 (jungseong, “medial sound”).

Questions about jungseong

What does jungseong mean?
Jungseong means (in Korean or the hangul script) a vowel or diphthong in the syllable nucleus.
What part of speech is jungseong?
Jungseong is a noun.
What is the plural of jungseong?
The plural of jungseong is jungseongs.

Words near jungseong in the dictionary

  1. junglized
  2. junglizes
  3. junglizing
  4. jungly
  5. jungs
  6. jungseong
  7. jungseongs
  8. jungular
  9. Jungwirth
  10. Jungwirths
  11. jungyo

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