episyente

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eficiente.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔepisˈjente/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈʃɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔepisˈjente/ [ʔɛ.pɪsˈjɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: e‧pis‧yen‧te

Adjective

episyente (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. efficient
    Synonym: matalab
    • 2015, Virgilio S. Almario, Pagpaplanong Wika at Filipino‎[1], archived from the original on 27 August 2018, page 120:
      Hindi sapat ang wasto at episyenteng wika; gusto ng tao na mapaunlad at maging kasangkapan niya sa pag-unlad ang kaniyang wika.
      Correct and efficient language is not sufficient; the people desire progress and that language become their implement for progress.
  • episyensiya

See also

Further reading

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