adhesyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adhesión but with the silent h pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence or spelling influence, from Latin adhaesiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadhesˈjon/ [ʔɐd̪.hɛˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadhesˈjon/ [ʔɐd̪.hɛsˈjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ad‧hes‧yon

Noun

adhesyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. adhesion
    Synonyms: pagkadikit, pagkapit
  2. adherence

Further reading

  • adhesyon”, 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 11