🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

부유함

Pronunciation / Transliteration: buyuham

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Riches/ˈrɪtʃ.ɪz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 자신의 부를 자선 사업에 기부했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A very large quantity of money, property, or valuable possessions; wealth.

    "He spent his lifetime accumulating vast riches."
  2. 2

    An abundance of valuable resources, qualities, or features.

    "The museum holds the artistic riches of the Renaissance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'richesse', borrowed from Old French 'richesse' (wealth, nobility), originating from the Germanic root *rīkijaz (powerful, wealthy). Over time, the terminal 's' was reanalyzed as a plural suffix, shifting the morphological form while maintaining the core meaning of abundant material possessions.

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