tenyente

Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from tener.

• IPA^(key): /tenˈjente/ [t̪en̪ˈjin̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: ten‧yen‧te

tenyente

1. (military) lieutenant (lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces)

• tinyente
• tenente
• tininte, tininti

Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tininte.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tenˈjente/ [t̪ɛnˈɲɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /tenˈjente/ [t̪ɛn̪ˈjɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ten‧yen‧te

tenyente (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (military)

1. lieutenant

   Synonym: (obsolete) kahalili

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