염소

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹msʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [염소]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeomso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeomso
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏmso
Yale Romanization?	yemso

Etymology 1

염소 (yeomso)

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 염〮쇼〮 (Yale: yémsyó), from 염〮 (Yale: yém, “goat”) + 쇼〮 (Yale: syó, “cow”); the former element is no longer used outside this compound.

Noun

염소 • (yeomso) (counter 마리)

1. goat (horned domestic animal)

Usage notes

• In Chinese and Japanese, the word for "goat" is 山羊 (shānyáng)/山羊 (yagi). But in Korean, the equivalent 산양(山羊) (sanyang) usually refers to the unrelated long-tailed goral. The "goat" sense is attested but rare.

Derived terms

• 들염소 (deuryeomso, “ibex”)

Etymology 2

Chemical element
Cl
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Sino-Korean word from 鹽素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鹽(えん)素(そ) (enso).

Noun

염소 • (yeomso) (hanja 鹽素)

1. chlorine