🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

활력

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hwal-ryeok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vigour/ˈvɪɡ.ər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 새로운 활력으로 업무에 복귀했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Physical strength and good health; vitality.

    "He approached his daily workout with renewed vigour."
  2. 2

    Effort, energy, and enthusiasm associated with an action or pursuit.

    "The campaign was pursued with remarkable vigour by all volunteers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'vigor', coming from the Latin 'vigorem', meaning liveliness or activity, which traces back to the Indo-European root *weg-, meaning to be strong or lively. Over centuries, it entered the English language in the Middle English period, preserving its core sense of physical or mental strength and energy.

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