alehandrino

See also: Alehandrino

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alejandrino (“alexandrine”). So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177). See more at Alehandrino (“Alexandrine”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalehanˈdɾino/ [ʔɐ.lɛ.hɐn̪ˈd̪ɾiː.n̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧han‧dri‧no
  • Homophone: Alehandrino

Noun

alehandrino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜓ) (poetry)

  1. alexandrine (line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter)

Further reading

  • “alehandrino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 23
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