alkalde

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.

• IPA^(key): /ʔalˈkalde/ [ʔal̪ˈkal̪.d̪e]

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• Hyphenation: al‧kal‧de

alkálde (feminine alkaldesa, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

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   Synonym: meyor

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.

• Hyphenation: al‧kal‧de
• IPA^(key): /ʔalˈkalde/ [ʔɐl̪ˈkal̪.d̪e]

alkálde (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. mayor

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, alcalle, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Compare Malay kadi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈkalde/ [ʔɐlˈkal.d̪ɛ]

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• Rhymes: -alde
• Syllabification: al‧kal‧de

alkalde (feminine alkaldesa, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. mayor

   Synonyms: punong-bayan, punong-lungsod, meyor, (slang) yorme

• “alkalde”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “alkalde”, 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 21