albayalde

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البياض (al-bayáḍ), from Classical Arabic بَيَاض (bayāḍ, whiteness, white lead).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /albaˈʝalde/ [al.β̞aˈʝal̪.d̪e] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /albaˈʃalde/ [al.β̞aˈʃal̪.d̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /albaˈʒalde/ [al.β̞aˈʒal̪.d̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -alde
  • Syllabification: al‧ba‧yal‧de

Noun

albayalde m (plural albayaldes)

  1. white lead

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albayalde, from Andalusian Arabic البياض (al-bayáḍ), from Arabic بَيَاض (bayāḍ, whiteness, white lead).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalbaˈjalde/ [ʔɐl.bɐˈjal.d̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -alde
  • Syllabification: al‧ba‧yal‧de

Noun

albayalde (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜌᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. white lead (lead carbonate)
  • Albayalde

See also

Further reading

  • albayalde”, 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