토론

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 討論, from 討 (“hitting”) + 論 (“discussion”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰo̞(ː)ɾo̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [토(ː)론]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	toron
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tolon
McCune–Reischauer?	t'oron
Yale Romanization?	thōlon

Noun

토론 • (toron) (hanja 討論)

1. debate, controversy

Derived terms

• 토론되다 (torondoeda, “to be debated”)
• 토론하다 (toronhada, “to debate”)