kumpeti

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kompeti — nonstandard

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish confeti, from French confetti, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto, from Latin cōnfectus. Doublet of kumpites and kumpitis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumˈpeti/ [kʊmˈpɛː.tɪ]
• Rhymes: -eti
• Syllabification: kum‧pe‧ti

Noun

kumpeti (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒ)

1. confetti

   Synonym: kumpitis

Further reading

• “kumpeti” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kumpeti”, 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 152