대통령

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大統領 (“president”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) (daitōryō).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)tʰo̞ŋɲʌ̹ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)tʰo̞ŋɲʌ̹ŋ]

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• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)통녕/데(ː)통녕]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daetongnyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daetonglyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	taet'ongnyŏng
Yale Romanization?	tāy.thonglyeng

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 대통령의 / 대통령에 / 대통령까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second and third syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

대통령 • (daetongnyeong) (hanja 大統領)

1. president of a country

   그래, 대통령은 국민들에 의해 선출된 한 국가의 수장이야.

   Geurae, daetongnyeong-eun gungmin-deur-e ui-hae seonchul-doen han gukga-ui sujang-iya.

   Yes, the president is the head of a country elected by the people.

Derived terms

• 대통령령(大統領令) (daetongnyeongnyeong, “presidential decree”)

See also

• 대선(大選) (daeseon)
• 부통령(副統領) (butongnyeong)
• 총리(總理) (chongni)
• 총통(總統) (chongtong)