kongklabe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • konklabe

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cónclave, from Latin conclāve.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /koŋˈklabe/ [koŋˈklaː.bɛ]
  • Rhymes: -abe
  • Syllabification: kong‧kla‧be

Noun

kongklabe (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊᜒ)

  1. conclave (closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope)
  2. conclave (group of cardinals involved in a conclave)
  3. conclave (enclosed part of the Vatican where the conclave is held)

Further reading

  • “kongklabe”, 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 150
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