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재벌 · Korean
noun · Korean
Reading: JAE-bŏl
a powerful large-capital business group. Korean 재벌 is a Sino-Korean compound whose institutional sense developed alongside large family-controlled business groups; the word’s morphology and the institutions’ economic history are related but not identical.
No secure word-specific date — Historical and lexical sources were checked, but they do not supply a secure dated witness for this stage’s displayed form.
Korea · Korean reference region — Broad Glottolog language reference coordinate, not a lexical birthplace or historical border.
English chaebol is a borrowing of Korean 재벌; the established English spelling reflects an older McCune–Reischauer romanization, while current Korean Revised Romanization is jaebeol. noun and Origin of chaebol
The Korean Encyclopedia records 재벌 (財閥) as a term for a powerful large-capital business group and separately describes the post-1945 economic conditions that shaped Korean chaebol institutions. 개설 and 연원 및 변천 / 현황
The Korean entry gives a Seoul-standard reading around [ˈtɕɛ(ː)bʌl] and Revised Romanization jaebeol. 발음 and 로마자 표기
Korean is represented with a broad Korea reference region. Korean languoid record and map
chaebol · English
noun · English
Reading: JAY-bəl
a South Korean family-controlled conglomerate. English adopts the Korean institutional term and uses it for the South Korean conglomerate type, while retaining the older Korean romanization spelling chaebol.
1970–75 · English recorded range — Dictionary.com gives a 1970–75 first-recorded range; it is a bounded lexical period rather than a single first quotation.
Britain · English reference region — Glottolog language reference point, not a word origin or historical border.
English chaebol is a borrowing of Korean 재벌; the established English spelling reflects an older McCune–Reischauer romanization, while current Korean Revised Romanization is jaebeol. noun and Origin of chaebol
The English dictionary reading is approximately JAY-bəl /ˈdʒeɪbəl/ in the American entry; the established British spelling is also commonly read CHAY-bəl. noun and Origin of chaebol
Dictionary.com records English chaebol in 1970–75. noun and Origin of chaebol
English is represented with the existing Glottolog English reference point. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude
jaebeol → chaebol: borrowing, documented. The English entry identifies chaebol as from Korean 재벌; the English form preserves an older romanization convention. noun and Origin of chaebol