hendarme

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gendarme, from French gendarme, singular of gendarmes, a respelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /henˈdaɾme/ [hɛn̪ˈd̪aɾ.mɛ]
• Rhymes: -aɾme
• Syllabification: hen‧dar‧me

Noun

hendarme (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ) (law enforcement)

1. gendarme; French police

Related terms

• armas

 

See also

• pulis
• pulisya

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 489
• 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 299