asteroyd

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English asteroid. Doublet of asteroyde.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔasteɾojd/ [ˌʔas.t̪ɛˈɾoɪ̯d̪]
  • Rhymes: -asteɾojd
  • Syllabification: as‧te‧royd

Noun

ásteróyd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

  1. (astronomy) asteroid (a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star)
    Synonyms: asteroyde, (neologism) malatala
  2. (zoology) asteroid; starfish; sea star
    Synonyms: bituing-dagat, isdang-bituin, kurus-kurus

Further reading

  • “asteroyd”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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