가정

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 家庭, from (house) + (household)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?kajŏng
Yale Romanization?kaceng

Noun

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가정 (gajeong) (hanja 家庭)

  1. a household, a family

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 假定, from (lie) + (specification), from Japanese 仮定 (katei)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?kajŏng
Yale Romanization?kāceng

Noun

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가정 (gajeong) (hanja 假定)

  1. a supposition or presupposition
  2. a hypothesis
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See also
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  • 가설 (gaseol, “hypothesis”)