어백

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 魚白, from 魚 (“fish”) + 白 (“white”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ʌ̹bɛk̚] ~ [ʌ̹be̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어백/어벡]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eobaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eobaeg
McCune–Reischauer?ŏbaek
Yale Romanization?epayk

Noun

어백 • (eobaek) (hanja 魚白)

  1. milt (the seminal fluid of fish), soft roe
    Synonym: (rare) 이리 (iri)
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