오늘

Korean

Alternative forms

• 오ᄂᆞᆯ (oneul) — Early Modern

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 烏捺 (Yale: *wonol), from 온〮 (Yale: wón, “which has come”, adnominal form of "to come") + Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”), etymologically "day that has come". Cognate with Jeju 오널 (oneol).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 오ᄂᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: wònól).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞nɯɭ]

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• Phonetic hangul: [오늘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	oneul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	oneul
McCune–Reischauer?	onŭl
Yale Romanization?	onul

Noun

오늘 • (oneul)

1. today; this day

   오늘은 4(사)월 3(삼)일입니다.

   oneur-eun 4(sa)wol 3(sam)ir-imnida.

   Today is April the third.

   오늘 밤에 영화 보러 가는 게 어때?

   oneul bam-e yeonghwa boreo ganeun ge eottae?

   Let's go to the movies tonight, what do you say?

Adverb

오늘 • (oneul)

1. today

   오늘 뭐 했어요?

   oneul mwo haesseoyo?

   What did you do today?

See also

• Other days near today: 그제 (geuje, “the day before yesterday”), 어제 (eoje, “yesterday”), 오늘 (oneul, “today”), 내일 (naeil, “tomorrow”), 모레 (more, “the day after tomorrow”), 글피 (geulpi, “two days after tomorrow”)