parentesis

See also: paréntesis, parèntesis, and parêntesis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paréntesis, from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈɾentesis/ [pɐˌɾɛn̪.t̪ɛˈsis]
• Rhymes: -entesis
• Syllabification: pa‧ren‧te‧sis

Noun

paréntesís (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. parenthesis

   Synonyms: panaklong, pangulong

Further reading

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