법원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 法院, from 法 (“law”) + 院 (“house”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹bwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [버붠]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	beobwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	beob'won
McCune–Reischauer?	pŏbwŏn
Yale Romanization?	pep.wen

Noun

법원 • (beobwon) (hanja 法院)

1. court (of law)

Derived terms

• 대법원 (大法院, daebeobwon, “Supreme Court”)
• 법원장 (法院長, beobwonjang)

Synonyms

• 재판소 (jaepanso)