Korean

Alternative forms

• 겨스 (gyeoseu) (obsolete)
• 겨슬 (gyeoseul) (obsolete, dialectal)
• 겨올 (gyeool) (obsolete)
• 겨으 (gyeo-eu) (obsolete)
• 겨을 (gyeo-eul) (obsolete)

Noun

겨울 • ‎(gyeoul)

1. winter

Derived terms

• 겨우내 (gyeounae, “all winter long”)
• 겨우살이 (gyeousari, “preparation for winter months”)
• 겨울날 (gyeoullal, “winter day”)
• 겨울새 (gyeoulsae, “winter bird”)
• 겨울잠 (gyeouljam, “winter sleep, hibernation”)
• 겨울철 (gyeoulcheol, “winter season”)
• 겨울털 (gyeoulteol, “winter fur”)

Related terms

• 겨우 (gyeou, “barely, with difficulty”)
• 결 (gyeol, “wave; annual ring, texture; verge”)
• 결 (結, gyeol, “forming, binding”)
  • 결빙 (結氷, gyeolbing, “freezing”)
  • 동결 (凍結, donggyeol, “freezing”)

See also

• 동 (冬, dong) (used in compounds)